Raspberry Pi Mini-bots

• ​Raspberry Pi Zero
• Install Jessie Lite ​Raspbian Jessie OS
  • ​Installation instructions
  • ​Setup for USB connectivity
• Install bonjour. This allows your windows machine to 'just know' the hostname raspberrypi.local. See ​Bonjour for Windows
• Control Panel > Network and sharing center > Adaptor settings > Properties > Sharing (sharing tab-> check internet connection sharing)
• Connect to Pi: ssh pi@raspberrypi.local (password is raspberry)
• Configure Pi
  • Setup DNS: sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

add: nameserver 8.8.8.8

• sudo raspi-config

What do we do in here?

• Update to latest software:
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get upgrade

• Install Java JDK: sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-jdk
• Install ​Pi4J
  • see: ​http://www.savagehomeautomation.com/projects/pi4j-connecting-java-to-the-raspberry-pi.html
  • ​video tutorial
• Install git: sudo apt-get install git
• Install ​wiringPi:

    mkdir ~/dev;cd ~/dev
    git clone git://git.drogon.net/wiringPi
    cd wiringPi
    ./build  
  

  • gpio -v
  • man gpio

Ultrasonic Range Sensor

• ​http://www.modmypi.com/blog/hc-sr04-ultrasonic-range-sensor-on-the-raspberry-pi