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Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects

By : Vasilis Tzivaras
Book Image

Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects

By: Vasilis Tzivaras

Overview of this book

The Raspberry Pi has always been the go–to, lightweight ARM-based computer. The recent launch of the Pi Zero W has not disappointed its audience with its $10 release. "W" here stands for Wireless, denoting that the Raspberry Pi is solely focused on the recent trends for wireless tools and the relevant use cases. This is where our book—Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects—comes into its own. Each chapter will help you design and build a few DIY projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero W board. First, you will learn how to create a wireless decentralized chat service (client-client) using the Raspberry Pi's features?. Then you will make a simple two-wheel mobile robot and control it via your Android device over your local Wi-Fi network. Further, you will use the board to design a home bot that can be connected to plenty of devices in your home. The next two projects build a simple web streaming security layer using a web camera and portable speakers that will adjust the playlist according to your mood. You will also build a home server to host files and websites using the board. Towards the end, you will create free Alexa voice recognition software and an FPV Pi Camera, which can be used to monitor a system, watch a movie, spy on something, remotely control a drone, and more. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills required to build exciting and complex projects with Raspberry Pi Zero W.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Startup

At this point, your WeatherPi Station should be ready. There is one more thing to do here. We can set our Python script to start when the Raspberry Pi Zero W board is booting. To do this, we need to install a package named dos2unix that actually converts DOS style line endings into something that is Unix friendly. Apart from this, you can use crontab (install it if you don't have it) or edit your /etc/init.d/ to add some lines and make your script start with the other Raspberry Pi Zero W built-in services. To install the package mentioned previously, we have to run the following code:

sudo apt-get install dos2unix  

Next, we have to set up our Python script as a service, so we can start it at the Raspberry Pi Zero W boot. To do this, we will create a new script that will allow us to start/stop it and handle the Python script as we want. As always, open your favorite...