Wearable Projects with Raspberry Pi Zero Create Imaginative, Real-World Wearable-Tech Projects with the Rapsberry Pi Zero
Wearable Projects with Raspberry Pi Zero by Jon Witts is a practical guide published by Packt Publishing in 2017, featuring 184 pages in English. This book introduces readers to a variety of imaginative wearable-tech projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero, the smallest and most affordable computer available. It covers essential software installation and provides instructions on controlling electronic devices with the GPIOZero Python library, making it accessible for those with varying levels of experience.
Readers will find step-by-step guidance on creating stylish projects such as a motion-reactive LED cap and a Tweet-activated LED T-shirt. The book also includes health and fitness applications, allowing users to build devices like a heart-rate monitor and a GPS tracker. Each chapter is designed to be clear and incremental, ensuring that even those with minimal prior knowledge can successfully engage with the material and adapt the projects for their own creative endeavors.
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Leverage the cheapest and smallest computer to build exciting wearable-tech projects. Key Features
- [*] A practical and imaginative guide that exposes you to amazing wearable-tech projects
- [*] Create our own heart-rate monitor device and cool projects such as a Tweet-activated LED T-shirt
- [*] A practical guide packed with real-world, useful wearable-tech projects
Book Description With Wearable-Tech Projects with the Raspberry Pi Zero, you will begin with learning how to install the required software for your upcoming projects. You will also learn how to control electronic devices with the GPIOZero Python library. Next, you will be creating some stylish wearable-tech projects such as a motion-reactive LED cap and a Tweet-activated LED T-shirt. Toward the end of the book, you will be creating some useful health and fitness wearable-tech projects; these will help you monitor your heart rate, track your movements with GPS, and count your footsteps with your own pedometer.By the end of the book, you will have created a range of wearable-tech projects and learned enough about your Raspberry Pi Zero that you should be able to adapt these projects further or come up with your own creations! What you will learn
- Make use of your Raspberry Pi Zero to create wearable-tech projects
- Interface with electronic devices and use Python to control them; incorporate these into real-world, practical, wearable-tech projects
- Add LED devices to clothing and connect them to your Pi Zero
- Change how LEDs react based upon your movement or messages sent through Twitter
- Create a pedometer and heart rate monitor
- Create your own GPS tracker
Who this book is for
Everyone.While some prior knowledge of Python programming and use of the terminal on the Raspberry Pi would be advantageous, they are by no means necessary. Each chapter clearly sets the steps to be taken on your wearable-tech adventure. The first chapter assumes no prior knowledge to get your Pi Zero and you, up and running. The complexity of the electronic devices used, progress incrementally as you work through the chapters; there are clear steps to follow and pictures to help you at every turn along the way.
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