Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius

by Donald Norris

Overview

This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to create all kinds of entertaining and practical projects with Raspberry Pi operating system and programming environment. In Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius, you’ll learn how to build a Bluetooth-controlled robot, a weather station, home automation and security controllers, a universal remote, and even a minimalist website. You’ll also find out how to establish communication between Android devices and the RasPi.

Each fun, inexpensive Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout makes following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.

Build these and other devious devices:

• LED blinker
• MP3 player
• Camera controller
• Bluetooth robot
• Earthquake detector
• Home automation controller
• Weather station
• Home security controller
• RFID door latch
• Remote power controller
• Radon detector

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071821582
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/06/2013
Series:	Evil Genius
Edition description:	Net
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	683,887
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Donald Norris is an avid electronics hobbyist and maker. He is also an electronics engineer with an advanced degree in Production Management. Don is retired from civilian government service with the US Navy, where he specialized in acoustics and digital signal processing. He also has more than a dozen years’ experience as a professional software developer using C, C#, C++, Python, and Java, as well as five years’ experience as a certified IT security consultant.

Table of Contents

Ch 1. Introduction to the Raspberry Pi
Ch 2. LED Blinker Project
Ch 3. MP3 Player Project
Ch 4. Camera Controller
Ch 5. GPS Device
Ch 6. Earthquake Detector
Ch 7. Home Automation
Ch 8. Home Security Controller
Ch 9. NFC/RFID Reader
Ch 10. 1-Wire Weather Station
Ch 11. Local and Remote Logic Controller
Ch 12. Robotic Car - Part 1
Ch 13. Robotic Car - Part 2
Ch 14. Radon Detector
Ch 15. Serving up Time with an RTC and NTP