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Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints

You're reading from   Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints Develop interactive Arduino-based Internet projects with Ethernet and WiFi

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785285486
Length 210 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Pradeeka Seneviratne Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Preface 1. Internet-Controlled PowerSwitch FREE CHAPTER 2. Wi-Fi Signal Strength Reader and Haptic Feedback 3. Internet-Connected Smart Water Meter 4. Arduino Security Camera with Motion Detection 5. Solar Panel Voltage Logging with NearBus Cloud Connector and Xively 6. GPS Location Tracker with Temboo, Twilio, and Google Maps 7. Tweet-a-Light – Twitter-Enabled Electric Light 8. Controlling Infrared Devices Using IR Remote Index

Getting started with Python


Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, and high-level computer programming language with very powerful features that's easy to learn because of its simple syntax. For this project, we can easily write an interface between Twitter and Arduino using the Python script.

Installing Python on Windows

The following steps will explain how to install Python on a Windows computer:

  1. Visit https://www.python.org/.

  2. Click on Downloads | Windows.

    The Python home page

  3. Then, you will navigate to the Python Releases for Windows web page:

    The Python download page

  4. Python can be downloaded from two development branches: legacy and present. The legacy releases are labeled as 2.x.x, and present releases are labeled as 3.x.x. (For reference, the major difference of 2.7.x and 3.0 can be found at http://learntocodewith.me/programming/python/python-2-vs-python-3/). Click on the latest (see the date) Windows x86-64-executable installer to download the executable installer setup file to your local...

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