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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

A simple exercise tool using the Raspberry Pi


In this task, we will review a fun example that enables a person to be physically active every 60 minutes.

Prepare for lift off

This example is based on the Twisted framework discussed in the previous project. It would be great to have two Raspberry Pi boards (set up with the SD card images and powered up) or an Arduino Ethernet board. A laptop that is connected to the same network as the Raspberry Pi is just as sufficient.

If you missed installing the Twisted framework in the previous project, the Twisted framework can be installed as follows:

sudo apt-get install python-twisted

Note

If the second device is a Raspberry Pi or a laptop that runs Linux, Mac, or Windows operating systems, the Twisted framework needs to be installed on the second device as well.

Engage thrusters

  1. Let's perform a quick review of what we will build in this project:

    • Let's consider two devices that can be connected to a network. One of the devices is a Raspberry Pi while the...

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