There has never been a better time to learn about the Python programming language, especially as there are so many free resources available. I'll start off with a link to my Python category, and with that out of the way, here are some of the available free resources to help on the path to Python discovery … Continue reading Free Python Training
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Azure IoT Hub / Raspberry Pi IoT Project – Connecting Pi, Azure and Power BI.
With the Pi successfully reading temperature and pressure from the sensor, and connecting successfully to Azure it left one more step in my project - outputting the data in a meaningful way. For this part of my project I'm looking to collect the data Azure is receiving and put it into a line graph which … Continue reading Azure IoT Hub / Raspberry Pi IoT Project – Connecting Pi, Azure and Power BI.
Azure IoT Hub / Raspberry Pi IoT Project – Connecting Pi and Azure (Raspberry Pi / Python)
I have looked at the best Raspberry Pi & sensor for my IoT Temperature Project, setup the hardware, took measurements and outputted them to a Twitter bot. Then yesterday I created an Azure IoT Hub, which means I now need to connect the Raspberry Pi to the Azure IoT Hub. The first step is to … Continue reading Azure IoT Hub / Raspberry Pi IoT Project – Connecting Pi and Azure (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Installing / Using Flask or Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 4 (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Now that the temperature sensor is taking readings and tweeting them I want to look at exporting the results another way, and what better way than a web page. I have created guides on using a Raspberry Pi as various different types of web server; see: Node.JS Apache / WordPress Django So today I am … Continue reading Installing / Using Flask or Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 4 (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 3 – Tweet Bot (Raspberry Pi / Python)
With the Raspberry Pi set up (see parts 1 and 2) it is time to expand the project. First up is bringing back the geektechstuff_automated twitter bot to get it to regularly tweet the room temperature. Thankfully my previous experience with Twitter let me reuse some of my old coding: And using a crontab I … Continue reading Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 3 – Tweet Bot (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 2 – Testing Hardware (Raspberry Pi / Python)
In part 1 I looked at the planning of my new Raspberry Pi / IoT project (temperature readings) and decided on the hardware to use. I already had the Raspberry Pi 3 (and appropriate microSD, power etc...) so the only thing missing was the temperature sensors. I ordered the sensor highlighted in part 1 (BMP280 … Continue reading Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 2 – Testing Hardware (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Installing Django (Python)
Django is a Python web framework, today I will be taking a quick look at how to install it. My recommendation is to install Django in a virtual Python environment, which my previous blog post discusses. After creating and activating the virtual Python environment, the installation of Django is done via pip: pip install django … Continue reading Installing Django (Python)
Programming 102: Think Like A Computer Scientist (Python)
Today I finished/completed Programming 102: Think Like A Computer Scientist, which is a course created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and hosted on the FutureLearn platform (details for both below). Programming 102: Think Like A Computer Scientist is an 8hr course split over 4 weeks (2hrs per week), although I found all 4 weeks available … Continue reading Programming 102: Think Like A Computer Scientist (Python)
Programming 102 Week 4 Tasks (Python)
Continuing on with Programming 102 via FutureLearn, and onto Week 4's Tasks and Challenges. 4.5 Implementing Linear Search Task: "Have a go at implementing your own linear search function, in a way that would work on an unsorted sequence of integers." # geektechstuff # Linear Search sequence = ['A','B','C','D'] def sequence_while(list): position = 0 while … Continue reading Programming 102 Week 4 Tasks (Python)
Programming 102 Week 3 Tasks (Python)
Although it is still officially "week 1" of Programming 102: Think Like A Computer Scientist I'm onto week 3 as I've been enjoying the course and like the little programming tasks/challenges. 3.5 Implementing Bubble Sort Task: "Now you’re going to write a bubble sort program in Python" my_list = [5,9,5,8,1,3] my_2nd_list = [100,99,44,77,1000,3,6,78,93] def bubble_sort(list_to_sort): … Continue reading Programming 102 Week 3 Tasks (Python)
