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Raspberry Pi: Make a Workbench Automation computer
Introduction
Required Software (8:21)
Required Hardware (19:50)
Things to drive with the Bench Computer (9:48)
Residual current device (3:09)
Basic Setup
Introduction (0:25)
Setup the Raspbian operating system on an SD card (5:23)
Attach the touch screen on the Raspberry Pi (6:29)
Boot for the first time (5:43)
Attach the Piface Relay+ to your Raspberry Pi (7:21)
Conclusion (0:19)
More setup: enclosure and networking
Introduction (0:22)
Make the enclosure (23:28)
Connect a Bluetooth keyboard (2:31)
Setup Wifi using a keyboard (7:19)
Setup Wifi using Ethernet (8:59)
SSH without password (7:04)
Setup remote desktop (5:28)
Conclusion (0:21)
Taking photos and video with the RPi Camera
Introduction (0:19)
Connect the camera (8:39)
Taking still images (15:27)
Taking video (5:01)
Converting H264 to MP4 video (3:28)
Splitting large video files into smaller ones (4:49)
Conclusion (0:19)
Control with the Piface Relay+
Introduction (0:25)
What is a HAT? (2:17)
The Piface Relay+ (1:53)
Piface Relay+ software setup and demo (3:35)
Blink script walkthrough (7:47)
Connect and control a 12V LED strip (12:06)
Shrink tubing (2:41)
Connect and control a 12V fan (8:15)
Improving the wiring (1:14)
Conclusion (0:15)
Environment monitoring with the DHT22
Introduction (0:29)
DHT22 wiring and demo (10:08)
The PIGPIO deamon (11:51)
Set autostart for PIGPIOD (7:27)
Conclusion (0:15)
Controlling mains loads with an external relay
Introduction (0:46)
Using a 5V relay with the Raspberry Pi (9:08)
Calculate the relay driver circuit (7:54)
Test the circuit on the breadboard (5:18)
Design the relay driver PCB (7:06)
Test the relay driver PCB (5:06)
Conclusion (0:18)
Construct the relay controller box
Introduction (0:33)
Walkthrough the enclosure features and construction (22:14)
Testing (8:44)
Tools (13:08)
Demonstration (6:54)
Relay box controller external wiring (11:49)
Test the finished relay controller box with software (13:26)
Conclusion (0:29)
Meet Tkinter
Introduction (0:33)
Introduction to Tkinter (13:21)
Labels (4:38)
Events (3:43)
Text Entry Box (4:13)
Images (3:28)
Custom styling (4:42)
Notebook (5:32)
Grid Layout (11:35)
Conclusion (0:18)
Write the Bench Computer application
Introduction (0:26)
User interface design with a wireframe (7:05)
Step 1: Create the skeleton application (15:19)
Step 2: Implement the Control tab (15:30)
Step 3: Implement that Camera tab (19:57)
Step 4: Implement the Environment tab (9:08)
Test the completed application (4:24)
Conclusion (0:31)
Conclusion
Congratulations (2:35)
Ideas for improvement
Test the finished relay controller box with software
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