A practical project-based guide to help you build and control your IoT projects
Key Features
- Leverage the full potential of IoT with the combination of Raspberry Pi 3 and Python
- Build complex Python-based applications with IoT
- Work on various IoT projects and understand the basics of electronics
Book Description
The Internet of Things (IOT) has managed to attract the attention of researchers and tech enthusiasts, since it powerfully combines classical networks with instruments and devices.
In Internet of Things Programming Projects, we unleash the power of Raspberry Pi and Python to create engaging projects. In the first part of the book, youll be introduced to the Raspberry Pi, learn how to set it up, and then jump right into Python programming. Then, youll dive into real-world computing by creating aHello World app using flash LEDs.
As you make your way through the chapters, youll go back to an age when analog needle meters ruled the world of data display. Youll learn to retrieve weather data from a web service and display it on an analog needle meter, and build a home security system using the Raspberry Pi. The next project has a modern twist, where we employ the Raspberry Pi to send a signal to a web service that will send you a text when someone is at the door. In the final project, you take what you've learned from the previous two projects and create an IoT robot car that you can use to monitor what your pets are up to when you are away.
By the end of this book, you will be well versed in almost every possible way to make your IoT projects stand out.
What you will learn
- Install and set up a Raspberry Pi for IoT development
- Learn how to use a servo motor as an analog needle meter to read data
- Build a home security dashboard using an infrared motion detector
- Communicate with a web service that sends you a message when the doorbell rings
- Receive data and display it with an actuator connected to the Raspberry Pi
- Build an IoT robot car that is controlled through the internet
Who this book is for
Internet of Things Programming Projects is for Python developers and programmers who are interested in building their own IoT applications and IoT-based projects. It is also targeted at IoT programmers and developers who are looking to build exciting projects with Python.
Table of Contents
- Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi
- Writing Python Programs Using Raspberry Pi
- Using the GPIO to Connect to the Outside World
- Subscribing to Web Services
- Controlling a Servo with Python
- Working with the Servo Control Code to Control an Analog Device
- Setting up a Raspberry Pi Web Server
- Reading Raspberry Pi GPIO Sensor Data Using Python
- Building a Home Security Dashboard
- Publishing to Web Services
- Creating a Doorbell Button Using Bluetooth
- Enhancing Our IoT Doorbell
- Introducing the Raspberry Pi Robot Car
- Controlling the Robot Car Using Python
- Connecting sensory inputs from the Robot Car to the web
- Controlling the Robot Car with web service calls
- Building the JavaScript Client
- Putting It All Together
- Assessments
About the Author
Colin Dow is the owner and chief engineer of Sigma Rockets and Aerospace Inc., a model aerospace business. He has enjoyed working with numerous educational facilities and hobbyists in delivering product sales, presentations, and aerospace workshops over the years.
Colin has extensive experience of creating website content, educational documentation, and instructional videos.
He has been a programmer since early home computers first caught his eye. He has worked as a software developer for some of Canada's largest companies, using technologies such as Python, Java, J2EE, PHP, Pearl, Ruby on Rails, Apache, and SOAP web services.