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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)

Website development

Going further, this project is about hosting your personal or any kind of website on Raspberry Pi Zero W. In this section, we will not have an analytic discussion on how you can develop your website. However, I will mention different ways that you can work and give a general direction on what you should and should not do. Some websites have a total size in MBs and others may go up to GBs depending on the size of files that are necessary. Thus, choosing wisely when selecting the type of website that you will host is quite important and if you skip this, you may encounter problems, errors, and many more issues.

The development of a website depends one hundred percent on your need. You can create a simple website with buttons for your IoT project so that you can have access to your other Arduino or Raspberry Pi devices; or you can create a temporary simple responsive...