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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

Preparation of the line following course


In this task, we will prepare the line following track for the robot.

Prepare for lift off

There are two approaches to building a line following track. They include the following:

  1. Print a track available from Parallax and set it on top of a posterboard.

  2. Use electrical tape and build a track using a tutorial from Pololu.

The following items are required to complete this task:

  1. A posterboard

  2. A permanent marker

  3. A pencil

  4. A ruler

  5. A4 sheets

Engage thrusters

  1. We will use a readily available line for the following track (http://www.parallax.com/sites/default/files/downloads/28136-S2-PrintableTracks.pdf) designed for the Scribbler line following robot from Parallax. The line following track from Parallax consists of 10 individual pieces of track that can be arranged and customized according to our needs.

  2. We will get started with printing two sets of the track available along with this project's downloads and arrange them according to our needs and determine the complicity...

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