Getting Started with Python for the Internet of Things

Build clever, collaborative, and powerful automation systems with the Raspberry Pi and Python.

Key Features

• Create your own Pi-Rover or Pi-Hexipod robots
• Develop practical applications in Python using Raspberry Pi
• Build your own Jarvis, a highly advanced computerized AI

Book Description

This Learning Path takes you on a journey in the world of robotics and teaches you all that you can achieve with Raspberry Pi and Python.

It teaches you to harness the power of Python with the Raspberry Pi 3 and the Raspberry Pi zero to build superlative automation systems that can transform your business. You will learn to create text classifiers, predict sentiment in words, and develop applications with the Tkinter library. Things will get more interesting when you build a human face detection and recognition system and a home automation system in Python, where different appliances are controlled using the Raspberry Pi. With such diverse robotics projects, you’ll grasp the basics of robotics and its functions, and understand the integration of robotics with the IoT environment.

By the end of this Learning Path, you will have covered everything from configuring a robotic controller, to creating a self-driven robotic vehicle using Python.

• Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers – Third Edition by Tim Cox, Dr. Steven Lawrence Fernandes
• Python Programming with Raspberry Pi by Sai Yamanoor, Srihari Yamanoor
• Python Robotics Projects by Prof. Diwakar Vaish

What you will learn

• Build text classifiers and predict sentiment in words with the Tkinter library
• Develop human face detection and recognition systems
• Create a neural network module for optical character recognition
• Build a mobile robot using the Raspberry Pi as a controller
• Understand how to interface sensors, actuators, and LED displays work
• Apply machine learning techniques to your models
• Interface your robots with Bluetooth

Who this book is for

This Learning Path is specially designed for Python developers who want to take their skills to the next level by creating robots that can enhance people’s lives. Familiarity with Python and electronics will aid understanding the concepts in this Learning Path.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi 3 Computer
2. Dividing Text Data and Building Text Classifiers
3. Using Python for Automation and Productivity
4. Predicting Sentiments in Words
5. Detecting Edges and Contours in Images
6. Building Face Detector and Face Recognition Applications
7. Using Python to Drive Hardware
8. Sensing and Displaying Real-World Data
9. Building Neural Network Modules for Optical Character Recognition
10. Arithmetic Operations, Loops, and Blinky Lights
11. Conditional Statements, Functions, and Lists
12. Communication Interfaces
13. Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming in Python
14. File I/O and Python Utilities
15. Requests and Web Frameworks
16. Awesome Things You Could Develop Using Python
17. Robotics 101
18. Using GPIOs as Input
19. Making a Gardener Robot
20. Basics of Motors
21. Bluetooth-Controlled Robotic Car
22. Sensor Interface for Obstacle Avoidance
23. Making Your Own Area Scanner
24. Basic Switching
25. Recognizing Humans with Jarvis
26. Making Jarvis IoT Enabled
27. Giving Voice to Jarvis
28. Gesture Recognition
29. Machine Learning
30. Making a Robotic Arm