Raspberry Pi: Discover 45 Electronics Projects

Table of Contents

• 1. What You Need

  • 1.1 RPi
  • 1.2 SD Card
  • 1.3 Keyboard
  • 1.4 Mouse
  • 1.5 Display
  • 1.6 Internet Connection
  • 1.7 Power Supply
  • 1.8 Loudspeaker ("earphones")
  • 1.9 Breadboard
  • 1.10 Components
  • 1.11 Software Oscilloscope

• 2. A Quick Tour of the RPi

  • 2.1 LXterminal
  • 2.2 LXterminal - Scrot
  • 2.3 LXterminal - Nano
  • 2.4 Idle
  • 2.5 Debian Reference
  • 2.6 Epiphany
  • 2.7 Libre Office
  • 2.8 Leafpad
  • 2.9 Scratch
  • 2.10 File Manager

• 3. Software Installation

  • 3.1 RPi
  • 3.1.1 Keyboard
  • 3.1.2 Larger SD Card
  • 3.1.3 Other memory allocation (memory split)
  • 3.1.4 IP Address
  • 3.2 Windows-PC (optional)
  • 3.2.1 Disk Imager
  • 3.2.2 Python, wxPython and IdleX
  • 3.2.3 Putty (SSH)
  • 3.2.4 Xming (Xwindows)
  • 3.2.5 WinSCP

• 4. Brief Introduction to...

  • 4.1 Debian Linux
  • 4.2 Programming in Bash
  • 4.3 Programming in Python
  • 4.4 Programming in JavaScript

• 5. GPIO

  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 LED
  • 5.3 Flashing LED
  • 5.4 Alternating Flashing Light
  • 5.5 Timer-LED with window
  • 5.6 Switch
  • 5.7 Timer Switch
  • 5.8 Changeover Switch
  • 5.9 Switch state in window
  • 5.10 A button with sound

• 6. More Power

  • 6.1 TD62783 (8-channel source-driver)
  • 6.1.1 Lamp 6 V / 65 mA
  • 6.1.2 Motor 5 V / 145 mA
  • 6.2 ULN2003 (7 open Darlington-arrays)
  • 6.2.1 Fan 12 V / 125 mA and lamp 6 V / 65 mA
  • 6.3 IRF740 MOSFET
  • 6.3.1 Motor 5 V / 550 mA

• 7. PWM

  • 7.1 PWM-LED with graph
  • 7.2 Slowly glowing lamp
  • 7.3 Motor with speed control

• 8. SPI

  • 8.1 SPI Introduction
  • 8.2 MAX522 (digital to analog – DAC)
  • 8.3 DAC with op-amp
  • 8.4 More than two SPI devices
  • 8.5 MCP3008 (analog to digital – ADC)
  • 8.6 MCP3008 (pseudo-differential measurement)

• 9. I²C

  • 9.1 I²C Introduction
  • 9.2 MCP23008 (I/O-extender)
  • 9.3 More power on the extender
  • 9.4 TC74 (digital thermometer)

• 10. Bluetooth and Serial

  • 10.1 RS232 Introduction
  • 10.2 Serial connection RPi – Piccolino
  • 10.2.1 Serial echo
  • 10.2.2 Serial analog measurement (ADC)
  • 10.3 Bluetooth

• 11. Webserver (WiFi or wired)

  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 HTML-server
  • 11.3 CGI
  • 11.3.1 Hello User
  • 11.3.2 Counting visits in a file
  • 11.3.3 Variables from browser to server
  • 11.3.4 GPIO
  • 11.3.5 GPIO with JavaScript
  • 11.3.6 I²C Fridge Alarm with automatic webpage

• 12. Client-server (WiFi or wired)

  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 TCP-multiplication
  • 12.3 TCP-LED control
  • 12.4 TCP-DAC
  • 12.5 TCP-sawtooth and square wave generator
  • 12.6 TCP-voltmeter with 8 channels
  • 12.7 UDP-echo
  • 12.8 UDP-light meter

• 13. LEGO-board

  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Design
  • 13.3 Assignments
  • 13.4 The useless box

• Appendices

  • Appendix 1. Adjustable power supply
  • Appendix 2. Header schema
  • Appendix 3. Download contents
  • Appendix 4. Parts list

• Index