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Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects

By : Vasilis Tzivaras
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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)

Networking

Setting up your website is one thing. Setting up all the scripts, rules, and networking parameters that will allow you to access the website all over the world is another and very important thing. In this section, we will discuss how you can access your router to define and set up some rules so that your website can be accessed from everyone. Also, we will discuss some things about your dynamic home IP address, define a problem that you may face and how you can solve it. Lastly, we will have an introduction to security layers that will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter.

By now, you should have access to your website locally. To sum up all the previous chapters, here is a step-by-step guide showing what you should have performed. It is important to have a look back before reading the Networking section, where we will perform some actions relevant to the...