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Practical Python Programming for IoT

By : Gary Smart
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Practical Python Programming for IoT

By: Gary Smart

Overview of this book

The age of connected devices is here, be it fitness bands or smart homes. It's now more important than ever to understand how hardware components interact with the internet to collect and analyze user data. The Internet of Things (IoT), combined with the popular open source language Python, can be used to build powerful and intelligent IoT systems with intuitive interfaces. This book consists of three parts, with the first focusing on the "Internet" component of IoT. You'll get to grips with end-to-end IoT app development to control an LED over the internet, before learning how to build RESTful APIs, WebSocket APIs, and MQTT services in Python. The second part delves into the fundamentals behind electronics and GPIO interfacing. As you progress to the last part, you'll focus on the "Things" aspect of IoT, where you will learn how to connect and control a range of electronic sensors and actuators using Python. You'll also explore a variety of topics, such as motor control, ultrasonic sensors, and temperature measurement. Finally, you'll get up to speed with advanced IoT programming techniques in Python, integrate with IoT visualization and automation platforms, and build a comprehensive IoT project. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with IoT development and have the knowledge you need to build sophisticated IoT systems using Python.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Programming with Python and the Raspberry Pi
6
Section 2: Practical Electronics for Interacting with the Physical World
9
Section 3: IoT Playground - Practical Examples to Interact with the Physical World

motor_class.py

First, we see the Motor class definition and its constructor:

class Motor:

def __init__(self, pi, enable_gpio, logic_1_gpio, logic_2_gpio):

self.pi = pi
self.enable_gpio = enable_gpio
self.logic_1_gpio = logic_1_gpio
self.logic_2_gpio = logic_2_gpio

pi.set_PWM_range(self.enable_gpio, 100) # speed is 0..100 # (1)

# Set default state - motor not spinning and
# set for right direction.
self.set_speed(0) # Motor off # (2)
self.right()

At line 1, we are defining the PiGPIO PWM duty cycle range for the enable pin to be in the range 0..100. This defines the maximum range value (that is, 100) that we can use with the set_speed() function that we'll come to shortly.

The range 0..100 means we have 101 discrete integer PWM steps, which maps conveniently to a 0% to 100% duty cycle. If you specify a higher number, this does not mean more duty cycles (or more motor speed); it just changes the granularity...