Raspberry Pi Electronics Projects for the Evil Genius

by Donald Norris

Program your own MicroPython projects with ease—no prior programming experience necessary!

This DIY guide provides a practical introduction to microcontroller programming with MicroPython. Written by an experienced electronics hobbyist, Python for Getting Started with MicroPython features eight start-to-finish projects with clear, easy-to-follow instructions for each. You will learn how to use sensors, store data, control motors and other devices, and work with expansion boards. From there, you’ll discover how to design, build, and program all kinds of entertaining and practical projects of your own.

• Learn MicroPython and object-oriented programming basics• Interface with a PC and load files, programs, and modules• Work with the LEDs, timers, and converters• Control external devices using serial interfaces and PWM• Build and program a let ball detector using the three-axis accelerometer• Install and program LCD and touch-sensor expansion boards• Record and play sounds using the AMP audio board

Genres: Nonfiction

529 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2016

Reviews

[Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you want to see just how creative you can get connecting external devices to her Pi, this is for you.
The text has a lot of really great projects.... 90% of them are way above my head, but I did the best I could going through this. Projects like an FM radio and robot arm are awesome, this books seems to equally deal with other computer cards like Arduino. I learned a lot and have more that I want to read.

[Matt Heavner · Rating 4 out of 5]

10 collected really good ideas. This is a good overview of setting up the pi and what you can do - I found the software defined radio chapter and the MPI/cluster/supercomputer projects the most inspiring but this is a good resource and idea generator.