The perfect book for the hobbyist or the instructor that would like to build a robot using the Raspberry Pi. Run from Windows or Debian-Linux over a WiFi connection. Learn the use of GPIO, how to remotely control your Pi and the Pi Camera. The complete Python version 3.2 source code included along with wiring diagrams. Run your robot without a monitor, keyboard or mouse on the Pi. Your Pi will be able to play wav files and execute Text-to-Speech routines. The concepts shown here can be applied to many other projects for the Pi. This book continues the evolution of the original Max, and brings the robot through a compete generation. The book starts at the beginning of the process with the assumption that the reader needs extra help in getting the basic process underway. The reader is walked through to the final goal of building an actual WiFi controlled robot. The reader will be amazed at the knowledge they obtain from following the guided case study. Read this book and you take your Raspberry Pi to the next level and hopefully have a lot of fun doing it. Even if you do not want to build a robot but want to understand GPIO and control of the Pi Camera this book is a worthwhile read.

The perfect book for the hobbyist or the instructor that would like to build a robot using the Raspberry Pi. Run from Windows or Debian-Linux over a WiFi connection. Learn the use of GPIO, how to remotely control your Pi and the Pi Camera. The complete Python source code included along with wiring diagrams. Run your robot without a monitor, keyboard or mouse on the Pi. Your Pi will be able to play wav files and execute Text-to-Speech routines. The concepts shown here can be applied to many other projects for the Pi. This book continues the evolution of the original Max, and brings the robot through a compete generation. The book starts at the beginning of the process with the assumption that the reader needs extra help in getting the basic process underway. The reader is walked through to the final goal of building an actual WiFi controlled robot. The reader will be amazed at the knowledge they obtain from following the guided case study. Read this book and you take your Raspberry Pi to the next level and hopefully have a lot of fun doing it. Even if you do not want to build a robot but want to understand GPIO and control of the Pi Camera this book is a worthwhile read.

Build a PC controlled robot. While I suggest 40 days as a timetable, you can certainty complete in much less time. For the control station I used Python, if you have familiarity with Python you have already dropped twenty seven days from the project. For the Atmega328 I used the C programming language. If you are familiar with C and of course microchips you have another chunk of the project under your belt. With the physical wiring and H-Bridge portions you complete your project. The book gives a jump start to the programming and electrical processes needed to build the robot. A good base of knowledge for the reader is provided, starting with basic concepts and expanding to a fully functioning wireless controlled robot. The progression of knowledge is provided in an organized manner to rapidly build on the concepts as introduced. See www.rymax.biz for additional information and a link to YouTube for a video of the robot in action. The reader will be walked through complex issues: serial communication, queuing, threading, file handling, GUI and many other features of Python. The complete source code is provided. In the C programming and electrical sections electronic diagrams are supplied as is the complete C source code. The reader is introduced to the C language and many of its features including, serial communication, pulse width modulation (PWM), arrays, bit manipulation and looping to name a few. I have tried to give the reader a strong base on which to build their robot and hopefully the skills needed to take that robot to higher levels. I hope you enjoy.

Congratulations on selecting Python. An excellent starter or tutorial to quickly assist the reader in producing programs with Python 3.2. If you have never programmed this book will give you the necessary knowledge to write Python programs. The book is efficiently organized and walks the reader into the basic programming process. Details that the programer will need fairly quickly are covered in good detail. Python's standard editor and shell program, named IDLE is used for all examples. The book also provides instructions on running Python under PC Windows and Linux environments. All programs are tested under Python 3.2.x on Linux-Debian and on the Microsoft Windows(r). A quick introduction to PythonWin is included. Differences between the operating environments are noted This book gives detailed instructions and sample programs along with the program output for areas that include: CONSOLE INPUT, DATA TYPES, STRING MANIPULATION, IF STATEMENTS, READING AND WRITING TEXT FILES, READING AND WRITING LISTS FILES, READING AND WRITING ARRAY FILES, LOOPING, USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS, CLASSES, ERROR HANDLING AND SOME MODULE IMPORTS ARE COVERED. My goal is to provide a description of what the program is going to do, show the program and then the Python Shell for the output. I hope that you learn a lot and have some fun. You can continue on to great depth with Python. One of my reasons for learning Python was to control remote process's, such as controlling a robot from my PC. In my book "Robot Wireless Control Made Simple with Python and C," sold separately, I cover many other Python topics. The separate Robot Book includes for example: GUI-tkinter, playing sounds, text to speech, queues, threading, subprocess and serial communication. That book also covers programming microchips with C and the wiring schematics for motors, communications and the H-Bridge. Visit the web site www.rymax.biz for additional informatio

Step by Step instructions on how to put a bootloader on to the ATMega168 using the ISP STK500 programer. The how and why of the bootloader revealed, build your own bootloader. The complete source code is included. Using avr-gcc 'C' programing language. Detailed instructions for hooking the STK500 to your computer and breadboard. Diagrams and instructions on building your breadboard included. This book starts with the assumptions that you want to know how to write a bootloader in the 'C' programming language. That you want to learn how to use an ISP STK500 programer. You want to understand the microchip's fuses and lock bit settings and change them as you desire. That you want to load your own bootloader on to the microchip. You will cover the 'Makefile', for compiling your program and uploading on to your microchip. Learn how to build your own library for programs and headers that you want to include in your programs. This includes a uart.c program and a uart.h file. The steps needed to accomplish the loading of your bootloader are walked through giving the reader good direction. The exhibits that are included greatly enhance the visualization of the process. The book includes the complete source code for all programs and header files. The complete Makefiles are also provided. The source code and instructions for loading a test programs are also included. Even the eeprom memory is lightly covered. While this is a technical subject the author provides a great deal of insight and documentation on the process. The book goes into good depth without getting hopelessly lost in computer science lingo.

Congratulations on selecting Python. An excellent starter or tutorial to quickly assist the reader in producing programs with Python 2.7. If you have never programmed this book will give you the necessary knowledge to write Python programs. The book is efficiently organized and walks the reader into the basic programming process. Details that the programer will need fairly quickly are covered in good detail. Python's standard editor and shell program, named IDLE is used for all examples. The book also provides instructions on running Python under PC Windows and Linux environments. All programs are tested under Python 2.7.x on Linux-Debian and on the Microsoft Windows(r). Differences between the operating environments are noted This book gives detailed instructions and sample programs along with the program output for areas that include: CONSOLE INPUT, DATA TYPES, STRING MANIPULATION, IF STATEMENTS, READING AND WRITING TEXT FILES, READING AND WRITING LISTS FILES, READING AND WRITING ARRAY FILES, LOOPING, USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS, CLASSES, ERROR HANDLING AND SOME MODULE IMPORTS ARE COVERED. My goal is to provide a description of what the program is going to do, show the program and then the Python Shell for the output. I hope that you learn a lot and have some fun. You can continue on to great depth with Python. One of my reasons for learning Python was to control remote process's, such as controlling a robot from my PC. In my book "Robot Wireless Control Made Simple with Python and C," sold separately, I cover many other Python topics. The separate Robot Book includes for example: GUI-tkinter, playing sounds, text to speech, queues, threading, subprocess and serial communication. That book also covers programming microchips with C and the wiring schematics for motors, communications and the H-Bridge. Visit the web site www.rymax.biz for additional informatio

Congratulations on selecting the Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi Camera. You have made a great choice. With the many new hardware accessories you will have ample opportunity to expand the capabilities of your computer. Control your Raspberry Pi Camera from the Pi console OR a remote Windows PC OR a Debian-Linux PC. You will be able to use WiFi to run your camera. Virtually all of the Pi Camera options are controllable from the control panel created. You can take VIDEO or STILL pictures, adjust the setting, save the image to a file on the Raspberry Pi. You can view the VIDEO as the Pi Camera sends the image stream to your PC. STILL pictures can be saved on the Raspberry Pi and viewed on your PC. With this program you don't have to remember all the camera commands, just select the options you want. The program is written using Python 2.7. The complete SOURCE CODE is included. Go ahead and take control of your Pi Camera. As you have probably seen the popularity of this computer is rapidly growing. The addition of the Pi Camera brings the Raspberry Pi to a very useful state. I originally purchased the Pi Camera to be used on my robots, and I am very happy with it. Of course many people want to use the Pi Camera and Raspberry for security purposes and as nanny cameras to name just two options. Control of the Pi Camera from a command prompt line requires a pretty good memory or cheat sheet. When you consider that you want to run the Pi Camera from a remote PC the memory level you need is expanded. So not having that great of a memory I wrote the program provided in this book to take virtually complete control of the Pi Camera. When you finish the program and procedures included you will be able to run your Raspberry Pi and the Pi camera from a remote PC without a monitor, keyboard or mouse connected to the Raspberry Pi. This book includes the complete source code that you need to complete the Python program. There are third party modules that need to be downloaded, they are currently free. The book contains instructing for obtaining them.

Congratulations on selecting the Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi Camera. You have made a great choice. With the many new hardware accessories you will have ample opportunity to expand the capabilities of your computer. Control your Raspberry Pi Camera from the Pi console OR a remote Windows PC OR a Debian-Linux PC. You will be able to use WiFi to run your camera. Virtually all of the Pi Camera options are controllable from the control panel created. You can take VIDEO or STILL pictures, adjust the setting, save the image to a file on the Raspberry Pi. You can view the VIDEO as the Pi Camera sends the image stream to your PC. STILL pictures can be saved on the Raspberry Pi and viewed on your PC. With this program you don't have to remember all the camera commands, just select the options you want. The program is written using Python 3.2.3. The complete SOURCE CODE is included. Go ahead and take control of your Pi Camera. As you have probably seen the popularity of this computer is rapidly growing. The addition of the Pi Camera brings the Raspberry Pi to a very useful state. I originally purchased the Pi Camera to be used on my robots, and I am very happy with it. Of course many people want to use the Pi Camera and Raspberry for security purposes and as nanny cameras to name just two options. Control of the Pi Camera from a command prompt line requires a pretty good memory or cheat sheet. When you consider that you want to run the Pi Camera from a remote PC the memory level you need is expanded. So not having that great of a memory I wrote the program provided in this book to take virtually complete control of the Pi Camera. When you finish the program and procedures included you will be able to run your Raspberry Pi and the Pi camera from a remote PC without a monitor, keyboard or mouse connected to the Raspberry Pi. This book includes the complete source code that you need to complete the Python program. There are third party modules that need to be downloaded, they are currently free. The book contains instructing for obtaining them.

Step by Step instructions on how to put a bootloader on to the ATMega328P using the ISP STK500 programer. The how and why of the bootloader revealed, build your own bootloader. The complete source code is included. Using avr-gcc 'C' programing language. Detailed instructions for hooking the STK500 to your computer and breadboard. Diagrams and instructions on building your breadboard included. Book is aimed at the Microsoft Windows user. This book starts with the assumption that you want to know how to write a bootloader in the 'C' programming language. That you want to learn how to use an ISP STK500 programer. You want to understand the microchip's fuses and lock bit settings and change them as you desire. That you want to load your own bootloader on to the microchip. You will cover the 'Makefile', for compiling your program and uploading on to your microchip. Learn how to build your own library for programs and headers that you want to include in your programs. This includes a uart.c program and a uart.h file. The steps needed to accomplish the loading of your bootloader are walked through giving the reader good direction. The exhibits that are included greatly enhance the visualization of the process. The book includes the complete source code for all programs and header files. The complete Makefiles are also provided. The source code and instructions for loading a test programs are also included. Even the eeprom memory is lightly covered. While this is a technical subject the author provides a great deal of insight and documentation on the process. The book goes into good depth without getting hopelessly lost in computer science lingo.

Step by Step instructions on how to put a bootloader on to the ATMega168 using the ISP STK500 programer. The how and why of the bootloader revealed, build your own bootloader. The complete source code is included. Using avr-gcc 'C' programing language. Detailed instructions for hooking the STK500 to your computer and breadboard. Diagrams and instructions on building your breadboard included. Book is aimed at the Debian-Linux user. This book starts with the assumption that you want to know how to write a bootloader in the 'C' programming language. That you want to learn how to use an ISP STK500 programer. You want to understand the microchip's fuses and lock bit settings and change them as you desire. That you want to load your own bootloader on to the microchip. You will cover the 'Makefile', for compiling your program and uploading on to your microchip. Learn how to build your own library for programs and headers that you want to include in your programs. This includes a uart.c program and a uart.h file. The steps needed to accomplish the loading of your bootloader are walked through giving the reader good direction. The exhibits that are included greatly enhance the visualization of the process. The book includes the complete source code for all programs and header files. The complete Makefiles are also provided. The source code and instructions for loading a test programs are also included. Even the eeprom memory is lightly covered. While this is a technical subject the author provides a great deal of insight and documentation on the process. The book goes into good depth without getting hopelessly lost in computer science lingo.

Step by Step instructions on how to put a bootloader on to the ATMega328P using the ISP STK500 programer. The how and why of the bootloader revealed, build your own bootloader. The complete source code is included. Using avr-gcc 'C' programing language. Detailed instructions for hooking the STK500 to your computer and breadboard. Diagrams and instructions on building your breadboard included. Book is aimed at the Debian-Linux user. This book starts with the assumption that you want to know how to write a bootloader in the 'C' programming language. That you want to learn how to use an ISP STK500 programer. You want to understand the microchip's fuses and lock bit settings and change them as you desire. That you want to load your own bootloader on to the microchip. You will cover the 'Makefile', for compiling your program and uploading on to your microchip. Learn how to build your own library for programs and headers that you want to include in your programs. This includes a uart.c program and a uart.h file. The steps needed to accomplish the loading of your bootloader are walked through giving the reader good direction. The exhibits that are included greatly enhance the visualization of the process. The book includes the complete source code for all programs and header files. The complete Makefiles are also provided. The source code and instructions for loading a test programs are also included. Even the eeprom memory is lightly covered. While this is a technical subject the author provides a great deal of insight and documentation on the process. The book goes into good depth without getting hopelessly lost in computer science lingo.