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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot Enter the world of mechatronic systems with the Raspberry Pi to design and build 12 amazing projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781849696227
Length 250 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Hello World FREE CHAPTER 2. A Raspberry WebIDE Example 3. The Arduino Raspberry Pi Interface 4. Christmas Light Sequencer 5. Internet of Things Example – An E-mail Alert Water Fountain 6. Raspberry Pi as a Personal Assistant 7. Raspberry Pi-based Line Following Robot 8. Connect Four Desktop Game using Raspberry Pi 9. The Raspberry Pi-enabled Pet/Wildlife Monitor 10. Raspberry Pi Personal Health Monitor 11. Home Automation using Raspberry Pi 12. Using a Raspberry Pi for Science and Education 13. Tips and Tricks Index

Mission briefing

We will learn to build a fountain and control it using a Raspberry Pi. We will build a web page based on the Flask framework and try to control the lighting arrangement on the fountain. We will demonstrate how a decorative piece, such as a tabletop fountain, can be used to receive e-mail or tweet alerts.

Following is an image that shows a fountain controlled by the Raspberry Pi:

Mission briefing

Why is it awesome?

Tabletop fountains are soothing in effect and play a great role in relieving stress. It is fun to have a Raspberry Pi play a great role in controlling our behavior. It also enables us to remind ourselves to check our e-mails / Twitter feeds on a regular basis.

Your objectives

In this project, we will build the tabletop fountain in the following steps:

  • Assembling the fountain
  • Installation of the Flask framework and interfacing the fountain
  • Controlling RGB LEDs from the web page
  • Setting up e-mail alerts for the fountain

Mission checklist

A tabletop fountain can be built in several ways, and...

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