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Raspberry Pi: Make a Bench automation computer [Video]

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By Peter Dalmaris

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Introduction
- Watch me first! A study guide
- Required hardware
- Required software
- Things to drive on your bench with the Bench Computer
- Residual current device
Basic setup
- Introduction
- Setup the Raspbian operating system on an SD card
- Attach the touch screen on the Raspberry Pi
- Boot your Raspberry Pi for the first time
- Attach the Piface Relay+ to your Raspberry Pi
- Conclusion
More setup: enclosure and networking
- Introduction
- Make the enclosure for the Bench Computer
- Connect a Bluetooth keyboard
- Setup Wifi using a keyboard
- Setup Wifi using Ethernet
- SSH without password
- Setup Remote Desktop
- Conclusion
Taking photos and video with the RPi Camera
- Introduction
- Connect the Raspberry Pi Camera
- Taking still images
- Taking video
- Converting H264 video to MP4
- Spliting video files to smaller files
- Conclusion
Control with the Piface Relay Plus
- Introduction
- What is a HAT?
- The Piface Relay Plus
- Piface Relay Plus software setup and demo
- Piface Relay Plus blink script walkthrough
- Piface Relay Plus connect and control an LED strip
- Shrink tubing to protect a wire join
- Piface Relay Plus Connect and Control a 12V Fan
- Improving the wiring
- Conclusion
The DHT22 for environmental monitoring
- Introduction
- DHT22 wiring and demo
- PIGPIOD deamon
- Getting the PIGPIOD to auto start
- Conclusion
Controlling mains loads with an external relay
- Introduction
- Using a 5V relay with the Raspberry Pi
- Calculate the relay driver circuit
- Test the relay driver circuit on a breabboard
- Design the relay PCB
- Test the relay driver PCB
- Conclusion
Construct the relay controller box
- Introduction
- Create an enclosure Part 1: Walkthrough
- Create an enclosure Part 2: Testing
- Create an enclosure Part 3: Tools
- Create an enclosure Part 4: Demonstration
- Relay box controller external wiring
- Test the finished relay controller box with software
- Conclusion
Meet Tkinter
- Introduction
- Introduction to Tkinter
- The Tkinter Label widget
- The Tkinter Event
- The Tkinter Entry Box widget
- The Tkinter Image widget
- The Tkinter custom styling
- The Tkinter Notebook widget
- The Tkinter grid layout
- Conclusion
Write the Bench Computer application
- Introduction
- User Interface design with a wireframe
- Step 1: Create the skeleton application
- Step 2: Implement Tab 1 - The control Tab
- Step 3: Implement Tab 2 - The camera Tab
- Step 4: Implement Tab 3 - The environment Tab
- Test the Bench Computer application
- Conclusion
Conclusion
- Congratulations