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Raspberry PI




Welcome to The RPi

 User GRoup

rasbperry pI

  1. Internet Connectivity -- it can Tweet
  2. GPIO for easy home automation
  3. Form Factor:  Low Power && Small
  4. Great Community -- Especially Open Source community

 




Getting Started


 

Choosing an OS:

  1. N.O.O.B.S
  2. Occidentalis
  3. Raspbian
  4. XBMC
occidentalis
 

Choosing an OS: NOOBS

  • Pretty good place to start.
  • Selection of major OS
  • Fail-Safe -- in a way
  • You'll have to adjust locales -- it thinks you're British










New Out Of Box Software

occidentalis
 

Choosing an OS:  Occidentalis

  1. Great for automation
  2. Works with keyboard right away (Locales)
  3. Created and maintained by Adafruit
occidentalis
 raspbmc

Choosing an OS:  xbmc

  1. Home Media Center with HDMI  (and RCA)
  2. Youtube, Music, and Weather
Home Automation

Tools for Home Automation




Breadboard
Jumper Cables 
Potentially an Arduino

Pi-casing


Optional but recommended.

Pi Casing Printout

Link to Website 

Tour Of the GPIOS



Useful Printout



Link to Pdf

Controlling A Relay/LED

Just one step up from blinking an led,
a relay allows you to control almost anything.
(For example,  Robot GPIO)

-- or use the powerswitch tail
http://www.adafruit.com/products/268

Recommended Additions


  • Arduino
  • Ino (Command Line Arduino IDE)
  • Ethernet-Cable or Wifi-Adapter

Programming GPIO
Raspberry Pi +  Relays + Python  =  quick automation 
powerswitch tail

My Favorite Method: Python


Command Line Install
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install python-devsudo apt-get install python-rpi.gpio

Basic Code


#!/usr/bin/env python
import timeimport RPi.GPIO as GPIO
LED = 17GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)GPIO.setup(LED, GPIO.OUT)
while True:  GPIO.output(LED, GPIO.HIGH)  time.sleep(0.1)  GPIO.output(LED, GPIO.LOW)  time.sleep(2)

Websites && REsources


Raspberry Pi HQ
Adafruit Tutorials

Local Hackerspaces
RockIT Colabs 
(support , sensors, and hardware)
Ace Monster Toys

Adafruit Industries
Sparkfun
AliExpress

Where to grab Raspberry Pi

Online

Local Distributors
  • RockIt Colabs (602 Kearny St. San Francisco)
  • Jameco (1355 Shoreway Rd., Belmont) 

LightNing Talks:


Starting with "Robo-Freezer"


Raspberry Pi 

RAspberry Pie 

Social


Also a demo of start-to-finish Raspberry Pi  Setup


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