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Product type Course

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781838555795

Length 732 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

IoT Development

Authors (5):

Tim Cox

Prof. Diwakar Vaish

Sai Yamanoor

Steven Lawrence Fernandes

Srihari Yamanoor

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Table of Contents (37) Chapters

Title Page

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi 3 Computer FREE CHAPTER

2. Dividing Text Data and Building Text Classifiers

3. Using Python for Automation and Productivity

4. Predicting Sentiments in Words

5. Detecting Edges and Contours in Images

6. Building Face Detector and Face Recognition Applications

7. Using Python to Drive Hardware

8. Sensing and Displaying Real-World Data

9. Building Neural Network Modules for Optical Character Recognition

10. Arithmetic Operations, Loops, and Blinky Lights

11. Conditional Statements, Functions, and Lists

12. Communication Interfaces

13. Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming in Python

14. File I/O and Python Utilities

15. Requests and Web Frameworks

16. Awesome Things You Could Develop Using Python

17. Robotics 101

18. Using GPIOs as Input

19. Making a Gardener Robot

20. Basics of Motors

21. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car

22. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance

23. Making Your Own Area Scanner

24. Basic Switching

25. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis

26. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled

27. Giving Voice to Jarvis

28. Gesture Recognition

29. Machine Learning

30. Making a Robotic Arm

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Image processing using a Raspberry Pi Zero

The Raspberry Pi Zero is an inexpensive piece of hardware that is powered by a 1 GHz processor. While it is not powerful to run certain advanced image processing operations, it can help you learn the basics on a $25 budget (the cost of Raspberry Pi Zero and a camera).

Note

We recommend using a 16 GB card (or higher) with your Raspberry Pi Zero in order to install the image processing tool set discussed in this section.

For example, you could use a Raspberry Pi Zero to track a bird in your backyard. In this chapter, we are going to discuss different ways to get started with image processing on the Raspberry Pi Zero.

In order to test some examples using the camera in this section, a Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3 or later is required. Check the back of your Raspberry Pi Zero to verify the board version: