CONTENTS IN DETAIL
WHAT YOU’LL NEED FOR THIS BOOK
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH THE RASPBERRY PI
DOWNLOADING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
INSTALLING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
A QUICK TOUR OF THE RASPBIAN OPERATING SYSTEM
ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
ACCESSING YOUR RASPBERRY PI REMOTELY
ACCESSING THE RASPBERRY PI VIA SSH
ACCESSING THE RASPBERRY PI VIA VNC USING REALVNC
ACCESSING THE RASPBERRY PI VIA REMOTE DESKTOP
RUNNING PYTHON CODE FROM THE TERMINAL
CHAPTER 3: HOT GLUE NIGHT-LIGHT
BUILDING THE CUSTOM NIGHT-LIGHT
CHAPTER 4: THE PI CAMERA: SELFIE SNAPPER
PHOTOGRAPHY WITH THE PI CAMERA
SETTING UP THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
TRIGGERING THE CAMERA WITH A BUTTON
PLAYING THE VIDEO ON A COMPUTER OR OTHER DEVICE
CHAPTER 5: PI SPY PART 1: HACKING WEBCAMS FOR SECRET SURVEILLANCE
STREAMING A VIDEO FROM THE WEBCAM
STOPPING AND RESTARTING MOTION
CHAPTER 6: MANIPULATING MINECRAFT
FINDING YOURSELF: USING THE X-, Y-, AND Z- COORDINATES
CAMERA SURVEILLANCE MINECRAFT TOWERS
BUILDING THE THREE TRIGGER TOWERS
RECORDING AND BROADCASTING YOUR OWN FILE
SETTING UP YOUR MICROPHONE AND SPEAKERS
MAKING AND PLAYING YOUR RECORDING ON THE RASPBERRY PI
CREATING THE WINDOW AND BUTTONS
CHAPTER 8: THE AUTOMATIC TEXTING MACHINE
SIGNING UP FOR A TWILIO ACCOUNT
SETTING UP A TWILIO PHONE NUMBER
CREATING THE AUTOMATIC SMS REMINDER MACHINE
SETTING UP AND VALIDATING THE FORMAT
MATCHING TIMES AND SENDING THE MESSAGE
CHAPTER 9: PI SPY PART 2: WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH TRACKING
CONNECTING THE LEDS TO THE RASPBERRY PI
TRACKING DEVICES WITH IP ADDRESSES
FINDING THE IP ADDRESSES OF OTHER DEVICES
SETTING UP AND IDENTIFYING THE FIRST DEVICE
FINDING THE REST OF THE DEVICES
ADDING DELAYS, RESPONDING TO DATA, AND ADDING THE BUTTON
SETTING UP THE CODE TO RUN AUTOMATICALLY
USING CRON TO AUTOSTART THE PROGRAM
TRACKING DEVICES WITH BLUETOOTH
TURNING ON THE RASPBERRY PI BLUETOOTH
AUTOMATICALLY STARTING THE MP3 PLAYER ON BOOT-UP
CHAPTER 11: NATURE BOX: MOTION-SENSING CAMERA
SETTING UP THE PASSIVE INFRARED SENSOR
CREATING A NEW FOLDER TO STORE THE IMAGES
RETRIEVING THE IMAGES FROM THE RASPBERRY PI
COMBINING THE CAMERA AND SENSOR
STARTING THE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY
CHAPTER 12: SMART PLUGS FOR SMART HOME HACKS
SETTING UP THE ENERGENIE REMOTE PLUG
USING AN APP TO CONTROL THE PLUG
IMPROVING THE CODE TO SWITCH ON AND OFF
CHAPTER 13: MIRROR, MIRROR: THE SOCIAL MEDIA STATUS MIRROR
TEACHING THE PI TO READ TEXT OUT LOUD
SETTING UP YOUR TWITTER DEVELOPER ACCOUNT
CREATING THE ACCESS KEYS AND TOKENS
PROGRAMMING YOUR RASPBERRY PI WITH THE APP
STREAMING TWEETS AUTOMATICALLY
AUTOMATICALLY STARTING THE TWITTER STREAM
CHAPTER 14: COMPUTER GAMES WITH THE SENSE HAT
GETTING STARTED WITH THE SENSE HAT
SCROLLING TEXT ACROSS THE SENSE HAT
MAKING A REAL-TIME TEMPERATURE DISPLAY
MAKING A MAGICAL SPARKLE SCREEN
CREATING AN IMAGE WITH THE LED DISPLAY
CREATING IMAGES WITH THE GRID DRAW PROGRAM
BUILDING THE ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, LIZARD, SPOCK GAME
IMPORTING MODULES AND CREATING THE VARIABLES
SETTING UP THE PLAYER’S CHOICE
NOTIFYING THE PLAYER OF THEIR OPTION CHOICE
CODING THE RASPBERRY PI’S SELECTION