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Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things

You're reading from   Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things Leverage the full potential of Python to prototype and build IoT projects using the Raspberry Pi

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Published in Feb 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838555795
Length 732 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tim Cox Tim Cox
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Prof. Diwakar Vaish Prof. Diwakar Vaish
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Sai Yamanoor Sai Yamanoor
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Steven Lawrence Fernandes Steven Lawrence Fernandes
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Srihari Yamanoor Srihari Yamanoor
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Table of Contents (37) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi 3 Computer FREE CHAPTER 2. Dividing Text Data and Building Text Classifiers 3. Using Python for Automation and Productivity 4. Predicting Sentiments in Words 5. Detecting Edges and Contours in Images 6. Building Face Detector and Face Recognition Applications 7. Using Python to Drive Hardware 8. Sensing and Displaying Real-World Data 9. Building Neural Network Modules for Optical Character Recognition 10. Arithmetic Operations, Loops, and Blinky Lights 11. Conditional Statements, Functions, and Lists 12. Communication Interfaces 13. Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming in Python 14. File I/O and Python Utilities 15. Requests and Web Frameworks 16. Awesome Things You Could Develop Using Python 17. Robotics 101 18. Using GPIOs as Input 19. Making a Gardener Robot 20. Basics of Motors 21. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car 22. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance 23. Making Your Own Area Scanner 24. Basic Switching 25. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis 26. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled 27. Giving Voice to Jarvis 28. Gesture Recognition 29. Machine Learning 30. Making a Robotic Arm 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Giving the car self-steering capabilities


I hope that you are having fun with this little zippy thing. It is interesting how simple the application of sensors can be and how much difference it can make. As you have learned the basics, it's now time to move ahead and give the car some more powers.

In the previous code, we just made the robot stop in front of the obstacles, why don't we make it steer around the car? It's going to be super simple yet super fun. All we need to do is to tweak the function stop() and make it able to turn. Obviously, we will also change the name of the function from stop() to turn() just for the sake of clarity. One thing to remember that you won't have to rewrite the code; all we need to do is some minor tweaking. So, let's see the code and then I will tell you what exactly has changed and why: 

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

import Adafruit_ADS1x15
adc0 = Adafruit_ADS1x15.ADS1115()

GAIN = 1

adc0.start_adc(0, gain=GAIN)

Motor1a =...
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