The hardware list
A summary of the hardware used in the chapters of this book is mentioned in this section.
Chapter 1
A summary of the hardware used in the chapters of this book is mentioned in this section.
This chapter describes the Raspberry Pi setup; the items mentioned include the following:
- Raspberry Pi and its power supply
- An HDMI display and HDMI cable/analog TV and an analog video cable
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Network cable/Wi-Fi adaptor
Chapters 2 – Chapter 7
No additional hardware has been used in these chapters, as they discuss purely software recipes.
Chapter 8
This chapter only uses the USB webcam hardware.
Chapter 9
The components used in this chapter are available at most electronic component retailers (such as those listed previously in the General electronic component retailers section). They are also available as a complete kit from Pi Hardware; where items are available from specific retailers, they are highlighted in the text.
The kit for controlling an LED includes the following equipment:
- Four Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or a larger one (Pimoroni)
- An RGB LED (common-cathode) or 3 standard LEDs (ideally red/green/blue)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- Three 470-ohm resistors
The kit for responding to a button includes the following equipment:
- Two Dupont Female to Male Patch wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or a larger one (Pimoroni)
- A push button to make switch and momentary switch (or a wire connection to make/break the circuit)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- A 1K ohm resistor
The items used for the controlled shutdown button are as follows:
- Three Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or larger (Pimoroni)
- A push-button switch (momentary close)
- A normal LED (red)
- Two 470-ohm resistors
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
The additional items used in the There's more... section of the recipe, A controlled shutdown button, are as follows:
- A push button
- A 470-ohm resistor
- A pin header and two pins with a jumper connector (or optionally a switch)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- Two 4 pin headers
The items used for the GPIO keypad input are as follows:
- Breadboard: half-sized or larger (Pimoroni)
- Seven Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- Six push buttons
- Six 470-ohm resistors
- Alternatively, a self-solder DPad Kit (Pi Hardware)
The items used for multiplexed color LEDs are as follows:
- Five Common-Cathode RGB LEDs
- Three 470-ohm resistors
- Vero-prototype board or large breadboard (Tandy)
- A self-solder RGB-LED kit (Pi Hardware)
The items used for writing messages require the same items as the preceding recipe, plus the following:
- A mounting stick, rubber bands, USB Wi-Fi, portable USB battery, and so on
- A Tilt Switch (ball-bearing type is suitable) (4-Tronix)
Chapter 10
This chapter uses the following hardware:
- A PCF8591 chip or module (DealExtreme SKU: 150190 or a Quick2Wire I2C Analogue Board Kit)
- Adafruit I2C Bidirectional logic-level translator (Adafruit ID: 757)
Chapter 11
No additional hardware has been used in this chapter, as they discuss purely software recipes.
Chapter 12
Pi-Rover requires the following hardware or a hardware similar to that:
- A giant paper clip (76 mm/3 inches) or a caster wheel
- Motor and geared wheels (ModMyPi or PiBorg)
- Battery/power source
- Chassis: push nightlight
- Motor driver/controller: Darlington Array Module ULN2003 (DealExtreme SKU - 153945)
- Small cable ties or wire ties
The following list is also mentioned in the There's more... section:
- PicoBorg Motor Controller (PiBorg PicoBorg)
- Magician Robot Chassis (Sparkfun ID: 10825)
- 4-Motor Smart Car Chassis (DealExtreme SKU: 151803)
- 2-Wheel Smart Car Model (DealExtreme SKU: 151803)
The advanced motor control example uses the following item:
- The H-Bridge motor controller (DealExtreme SKU: 120542 or GeekOnFire SKU: A2011100407)
The Hex Pod Pi-Bug requires the following hardware or similar:
- Adafruit I2C 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver (Adafruit ID: 815)
- MG90S 9g Metal Gear Servos (HobbyKing)
- Three giant paper clips (76mm/3 inches)
- Light gauge wire/cable ties
- A small section of plywood or a fiberboard
A basic servo-based robot arm is used for the ServoBlaster example (4-Tronix MeArm).
The Infrared remote control example uses the following component:
- TSOP38238 (Farnell 2251359)
The following hardware is used in the remaining sections to expand the available inputs/outputs, avoid obstacles, and determine the direction of the robot:
- MCP23017 I/O Expander (Ciseco SKU: K002)
- Micro switches
- HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor (DealExtreme SKU: 133696)
- The ultrasonic sensor uses a 2K ohm resistor and a 3K ohm resistor
- XLoBorg: MAG3110 Compass Module (PiBorg XLoBorg)
Optionally, four Female-to-Male Dupont wires can be used to connect to the XLoBorg (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
Chapter 13
This chapter uses the following hardware:
- Remote-controlled mains sockets (Maplin/Amazon)
- Relay modules (Banggood 8-Way SKU075676)
- The alternative is to use the 433Mhz RF Transmitter/Receiver (Banggood SKU075671)
- LED 8x8 SPI Matrix Module MAX7219 (Banggood self-solder kit SKU072955)
- RS-232 to USB Cable (Amazon/general computer supplies)
- RS-232 null-modem cable/adaptor (Amazon/general computer supplies)
- RS-232 TTL USB console cable (Adafruit ID: 70)
- HC-05 Bluetooth master/slave module with PCB backplate (Banggood SKU078642)
- USB Tenx Technology SAM missile launcher
- OWI robotic arm with USB interface (Maplin/Amazon)
Chapter 14
No additional hardware has been used in this chapter, as they discuss purely software recipes.
