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Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786467577

Length 312 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Authors (2):

Sai Yamanoor

Srihari Yamanoor

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started with Python and the Raspberry Pi Zero

2. Arithmetic Operations, Loops, and Blinky Lights FREE CHAPTER

3. Conditional Statements, Functions, and Lists

4. Communication Interfaces

5. Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming in Python

6. File I/O and Python Utilities

7. Requests and Web Frameworks

8. Awesome Things You Could Develop Using Python

9. Lets Build a Robot!

10. Home Automation Using the Raspberry Pi Zero

11. Tips and Tricks

Project enhancements

Consider making enhancements to the web interface such that you could alter the speed of your robot.
If you are planning to build a robot that operates in outdoor conditions, you potentially add a GPS sensor. Most GPS sensors stream data via the UART interface. We recommend reading Chapter 4, Communication Interfaces for examples.
The distance of obstacles can be measured using this sensor: https://cloud.google.com/vision/.

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Authors (2)

Sai Yamanoor

Sai Yamanoor is an embedded systems engineer working for a private startup school in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he builds devices that help students achieve their full potential. He completed his undergraduate work in mechatronics engineering from Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India and his graduate studies in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. His interests, deeply rooted in DIY and open software and hardware cultures, include developing gadgets and apps that improve the quality of life, Internet of Things, crowdfunding, education, and new technologies. In his spare time, he plays with various devices and architectures, such as the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Galileo, Android devices and others. Sai has earlier published a book titled Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects.

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Srihari Yamanoor

Srihari Yamanoor is a mechanical engineer, working on medical devices, sustainability, and robotics in the San Francisco Bay Area. He completed his undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India and graduate studies in mechanical engineering at Stanford University. He is certified in SolidWorks, simulation, sustainable design, PDM as well as in quality and reliability engineering and auditing. His has a wide range of interests, from DIY, crowdfunding, AI, travelling, photography to gardening and ecology.

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