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Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things

You're reading from   Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things Leverage the full potential of Python to prototype and build IoT projects using the Raspberry Pi

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Published in Feb 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838555795
Length 732 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tim Cox Tim Cox
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Prof. Diwakar Vaish Prof. Diwakar Vaish
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Sai Yamanoor Sai Yamanoor
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Steven Lawrence Fernandes Steven Lawrence Fernandes
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Srihari Yamanoor Srihari Yamanoor
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Table of Contents (37) Chapters Close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
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 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

LIDAR on an autonomous vehicle 


Remember the last time we made autonomous car. It was cool, and surely it might be something you can show off to your friends. However, now what we are about to make is surely cooler than anything we have ever done till now.

We are going to put this area scanner over our robotic vehicle. But wait, didn't we scan the area earlier using the same sensor and turning the car to other sides. We did it and it worked fine, almost fine. I bet sometimes it wasn't as accurate as you thought it would be. But that's not the real problem. The main problem is that it was not seamless. It has to stop in between check for spaces and then move in either direction. What we are going to do now is something that is a step ahead. So before doing any more explanation, let's go ahead and make this new robotic vehicle and then you be the judge to decide whether it is cooler. 

So, to make it, you need to mount the area scanner on the vehicle. It's advisable that you set it up at the...

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