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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Mission briefing


In this project, we will discuss installing a tool, Occidentalis, and a WebIDE that enables programming in the Python language on the Raspberry Pi. We will also discuss one example from the Adafruit repository and another example of driving an RGB LED.

The following table lists the bill of materials used in this project. These are just examples, and alternative products that have a similar specification may also be used.

Item

Estimated Cost

Raspberry Pi Model B

35 USD

Adafruit Cobbler (https://www.adafruit.com/product/914)

7 USD

Adafruit 7-segment LED Backpack (https://www.adafruit.com/product/879)

10 USD

Blinkm (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8579)

13 USD

Why is it awesome?

The Adafruit WebIDE in combination with the Occidentalis operating system enables development in the Python language on a Raspberry Pi using just a web browser. It also enables access to sample projects developed by Adafruit via Bitbucket, a source control tool. (If you are not familiar with...