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Internet of Things Programming with JavaScript
Internet of Things Programming with JavaScript

Internet of Things Programming with JavaScript: Get the best out of Arduino and Raspberry Pi Zero to develop Internet of Things projects using JavaScript

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Internet of Things Programming with JavaScript

Chapter 1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Zero

Before building several projects for a home security system and the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems, in this chapter, we're going to go into an initial configuration and prepare our Raspberry Pi Zero to work in a network, so you can use it for all the projects we will see in this book.

Before we go through the projects, build our network with the devices, and connect our sensor to the boards, it's important to understand the configuration of the Raspberry Pi. The main idea of this chapter is to explain how to set up your Raspberry Pi Zero; we will cover the following topics:

  • Setting up Raspberry Pi Zero
  • Preparing the SD card
  • Installing the Raspbian operating system
  • Configuring your Raspberry Pi Zero with a serial console cable
  • Accessing the network remotely
  • Accessing via remote desktop
  • Configuring a web server

Setting up Raspberry Pi Zero

The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost board dedicated to purpose projects. Here, we will use a Raspberry Pi Zero board. Take a look at the following link:  https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ 

  • Next, insert the micro SD card into your computer using an adapter. (An adapter is usually given with the SD card.)
  • Then download Win32DiskImager from https://www.adafruit.com/products/954:

    Debugging your Raspberry Pi Zero with a serial console cable
  • Testing and accessing the serial COM interface

    Once the driver is installed, we have here the Port COM, which is already installed:

    Tip

    This configuration is for Windows installation; if you have different operating system, you need to do different steps.

    How get the Device Manager screen: On your windows PC, click on the Start icon, go to Control Panel, select System, and then click on Device Manager.

    In the following screenshot, you can see the device manager of the USB serial port:

    Testing and accessing the serial COM interface
  • The default username for the Raspberry Pi Zero is pi, and the password is raspberry:
    Testing and accessing the serial COM interface
  • Connecting to the home network and accessing remotely

    Our Raspberry Pi will be working in a real network, so it needs to be set up to work with all the devices that will be together. For this reason, we need to configure our home network. We will show you how to use the Ethernet adapter and the Wi-Fi plug that can be used in the Raspberry Pi Zero.

    Connecting with an Ethernet adapter

    If you want to connect our Raspberry Pi Zero to the local network, you need to use a USB OTG Host Cable - MicroB OTG male to female from Adafruit. You can find it here: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2992m. This is a hub and can be connected to the Ethernet cable or USB devices.

  • Verify the router configuration, and after both LEDs start blinking, you can see the IP address in your configuration. The DHCP server assigns the IP address to the Raspberry Pi.
  • This is what you will see as your router configuration on your hostname raspberrypi:

    Accessing the Raspberry Pi Zero via SSH

    Use the following command:

    sudo ifconfig -a
    

    We can now see the information about the configuration of the Ethernet controller adapter. Eth0 is the Ethernet adapter:

    Connecting to the Wi-Fi network

    How to install the wireless tools

    Use the following command to configure the wireless network:

    sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
    

    In the following screenshot, we can see the result of the ifconfig command:

    How to install the wireless tools

    Configuring IP address and wireless network

    To have a networking configuration, we need to assign an IP address to our device in order to be involved in the network.

    Enter the following command:

    sudo nano etc/network/interfaces
    
    Configuring IP address and wireless network

    In the following configuration file, called interface, we explain what we need to add to the file so that we can connect our Raspberry Pi Zero to the Wi-Fi network for the Wlan0 connection.

    We start the file configuration; it means the beginning of the file:

    auto lo 
    

    We configure the Ethernet device loopback for the local host and start up the DHCP server:

    iface lo inet loopback 
    iface eth0 inet dhcp 
    

    Allow the configuration of the wlan0 for Wi-Fi connection:

    allow-hotplug wlan0 
    auto wlan0

    We start up the DHCP server for the Wi-Fi connection and input the name of your ssid and the password. We need to type ssid and password parameters of your Wi-Fi network:

    iface wlan0 inet dhcp 
            wpa-ssid "ssid" 
            wpa-psk "password" 
    

    Testing the communication

    We need to test whether the device is responding to the other host. Now, if everything is configured well, we can see the following IP address in the Wi-Fi connection:

    Ping from a computer

    Updating the package repository

    This will upgrade your Pi board by downloading all the latest packages from the official Raspberry Pi repository, so it's a great way to make sure that your board is connected to the Internet. Then, from your computer, type the following: 

    sudo apt-get update
    

    The following screenshot show the Raspberry Pi collecting the packages data:

    Updating the package repository

    Remote Desktop

    In this section, we need the RDP package with the Raspbian Operating System. To do that, first we need to execute the following command:

    sudo apt-get install xrdp 
    

    This command executes and installs the RDP process and updates the package:

    Remote Desktop with Windows

    This is the main window of the Operating System; you have correctly accessed your Raspberry Pi Remote Access with Remote Desktop:

    Remote Desktop with Windows

    Configuring a web server

    There are several web servers available that we can install on your Raspberry Pi. We're going to install the lighttpd web server. Also, we need to install PHP support, which will help us run a website into our Raspberry Pi and have dynamic web pages.

    To install and configure, log in to the Raspberry Pi via the terminal console of PuTTY:

    1. Update the package installer:
              sudo apt-get update
      
    2. Install the lighttpd web server:
              sudo apt-get install lighttpd
      

    Once installed, it will automatically start up as a background service; it will do so each time the Raspberry Pi starts up:

    1. To set up our PHP 5 interface for programming with PHP 5, we need to install the PHP5 module support with the following command; this is necessary to have our server, and it can execute PHP files so that we can make our website:
              sudo apt-get install php5-cgi
      
    2. Now we need to enable the PHP FastCGI module on our web server:
              sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
      
    3. For the last step, we have to restart the server with the following command:
              sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd
      

    In the following screenshot, we show the content of the page that will to appear when we configure the web server and the PHP 5 interface. The web server installs a test placeholder page in the location /var/www. Type the IP address of your Raspberry Pi in the browser, for example, http://192.168.1.105/, and the following screen appears, opening the active page of the configured server:

    Configuring a web server

    Testing the PHP installation

    At this point, we need to test our website with PHP. This can be done by writing a simple PHP script page. If PHP is installed correctly, it will return information about its environment and configuration.

    1. Go to the next folder, where it's the root document:
              cd /var/www/html 
      
      
    2. Create a file called phpinfo.php.

      We use the word nano so that we can get into the file of the system with the privileges and execute the following command:

                  sudo nano phpinfo.php
      
    3. After creating the file, as given in the following screenshot, press CTRL-X, and then save the file:
      Testing the PHP installation

    Summary

    In the first chapter of this book, we looked at how to configure our Raspberry Pi Zero board so we can use it in later chapters. We looked at what components were needed for the Pi, and how to install Raspbian so we can run the software on our board.

    We also installed a web server, which we will be using in some projects of the book. In the following chapter, we are going to dive into how to connect devices to your Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards. We'll also look at the various things we can connect to the Raspberry Pi using GPIO.

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    Key benefits

    • • This is a practical guide to help you configure and build a complete distributed IoT system from scratch using JavaScript
    • • Utilize the power of Node and HTML5 to develop web services and a centralized web server, enabling high-level communication between connected devices
    • • Control all your connected devices from the browser by setting up a common dashboard

    Description

    The Internet of Things is taking the tech world by storm, and JavaScript is at its helm. This book will get you to grips with this exciting new technology. Where do Node.js, HTML5 and Windows 10 IoT Core come in with JavaScript and IoT? Why Raspberry Pi Zero rather than Arduino? How do you configure and build an IoT network from scratch? All your IoT JavaScript questions are answered in this book.

    Who is this book for?

    This book is for developers who are interested in learning how to communicate with connected devices in JavaScript to set up an IoT system. Some basic knowledge of JavaScript is expected. Hobbyists who want to explore the potential of IoT in JavaScript will also find this book useful.

    What you will learn

    • With this book, you?ll learn about: ? Setting up a centralized web server to connect IoT devices ? Connecting sensors and actuators to devices ? Sending data to web server connected devices ? Understanding Internet of Things using web services and database ? Configuring dashboards using HTML5 and JavaScript ? Controlling and monitoring devices connected from dashboards ? Building apps for smartphones to control different devices

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    9 Chapters
    1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Zero Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    2. Connecting Things to the Raspberry Pi Zero Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    3. Connecting Sensors - Measure the Real Things Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    4. Control-Connected Devices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    5. Adding a Webcam to Monitor Your Security System Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    6. Building a Web Monitor and Controlling Devices from a Dashboard Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    7. Building a Spy Police with the Internet of Things Dashboard Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
    8. Monitoring and Controlling Your Devices from a Smart Phone Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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