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Internet of Things Programming Projects

You're reading from   Internet of Things Programming Projects Build modern IoT solutions with the Raspberry Pi 3 and Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789134803
Length 436 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Colin Dow Colin Dow
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Preface 1. Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi FREE CHAPTER 2. Writing Python Programs Using Raspberry Pi 3. Using the GPIO to Connect to the Outside World 4. Subscribing to Web Services 5. Controlling a Servo with Python 6. Working with the Servo Control Code to Control an Analog Device 7. Setting Up a Raspberry Pi Web Server 8. Reading Raspberry Pi GPIO Sensor Data Using Python 9. Building a Home Security Dashboard 10. Publishing to Web Services 11. Creating a Doorbell Button Using Bluetooth 12. Enhancing Our IoT Doorbell 13. Introducing the Raspberry Pi Robot Car 14. Controlling the Robot Car Using Python 15. Connecting Sensory Inputs from the Robot Car to the Web 16. Controlling the Robot Car with Web Service Calls 17. Building the JavaScript Client 18. Putting It All Together 19. Assessments 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Enhancing our JavaScript client to control our robot car

As we've mentioned already, our HTML JavaScript client is the most attractive of interfaces. I designed it to be as simple and straightforward as possible in order to explain various concepts. But what if we want to take it to another level? The following is a list of JavaScript libraries that may be used to enhance our HTML JavaScript client.

Nipple.js

Nipple.js (https://www.bypeople.com/touch-screen-joystick/) is a JavaScript touchscreen joystick library that may be used in the control of robots. Nipple.js is basically an onscreen version of pointing stick controls found on some laptops:

If you are creating a JavaScript client for a touchscreen tablet or laptop...

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