Raspberry Pi and the Internet of Things : From 0 to 1

About Course

• This is a course is for everyone. You need not be an electrical engineer, or an engineer at all. We explain all engineering or automation concepts from absolute scratch.

  This is an Internet-of-Things course, not merely a Raspberry Pi course. This is important because we think too many courses end up becoming like manuals for the Raspberry Pi, or the Arduino, or some specific hardware device. This course is careful to generalize

  The course takes you to a solid intermediate level. The objective is to get you to a point where if you imagine a really cool IoT application, you will be able to independently figure out how to implement it.

  We focus on Home Automation using Raspberry Pi for our use-cases. This is so that you can immediately put it to use around the home (turn that music down without getting off the couch!)

  As with all our courses, this one too is quirky. The examples are irreverent. Lots of little touches: repetition, zooming out so we remember the big picture, active learning with plenty of quizzes. There’s also a peppy soundtrack, and art - all shown by studies to improve cognition and recall.

Curriculum

• Section 1: What this course is about
  	Lecture 1	You, This course and Us	03:08
  Section 2: What is the Internet of Things?
  	Lecture 2	What is the internet of things and why should you care?	14:54
  	Lecture 3	What makes a home smart?	14:49
  	Lecture 4	Small but Mighty: The Raspberry Pi	15:37
  	Quiz 1	Internet of Things	3 questions
  Section 3: Pi's Anatomy
  	Lecture 5	The brain : Raspberry Pi's Microprocessor	15:38
  	Lecture 6	Exploring the Raspberry Pi board	10:40
  	Lecture 7	Raspberry Pi : Where is the memory?	12:37
  	Lecture 8	Operating systems : Make an informed choice	09:47
  	Quiz 2	Raspberry Pi	3 questions
  Section 4: Getting Started
  	Lecture 9	Install the Operating system	13:09
  	Lecture 10	Let's go on a tour : Raspbian OS	20:04
  	Lecture 11	Getting Comfortable : Linux Shell commands	10:46
  	Lecture 12	User permissions on the Raspberry Pi	13:28
  	Lecture 13	Installing a software	06:34
  	Lecture 14	Connecting your Pi to the Internet	13:42
  	Quiz 3	Raspbian	2 questions
  Section 5: Coding with Python - It's easy as Pi
  	Lecture 15	Coding is like Cooking	07:36
  	Lecture 16	A List is a List	09:17
  	Lecture 17	Playing with Lists	08:44
  	Lecture 18	Dictionaries and If-Else	06:18
  	Lecture 19	Don't Jump Through Hoops, Use Loops	04:26
  	Lecture 20	Lists, Dictionaries and Loops	05:29
  	Lecture 21	Functions are like Foodprocessors	10:58
  	Lecture 22	Stay cool : Import a module	02:31
  	Quiz 4	Python	2 questions
  Section 6: Physical Computing with the Raspberry Pi
  	Lecture 23	Raspberry Pi and Physical Computing : How stuff works	14:38
  	Lecture 24	Establish the first link : How do devices communicate?	18:13
  	Lecture 25	Put the pieces together : Designing a circuit	18:52
  	Lecture 26	Tie it all up : Writing the code	06:10
  	Quiz 5	Physical Computing	2 questions
  Section 7: Let's have some fun! Home Automation projects
  	Lecture 27	Meet the players: A few common electrical components	10:26
  	Lecture 28	Getting our feet wet: Flash an LED	12:41
  	Lecture 29	Push some buttons : Reading an input	10:18
  	Lecture 30	Our first sensor : How bright is it in here?	13:46
  	Lecture 31	Who goes there? : Detect an object & measure distance with an ultrasonic sensor	17:12
  	Quiz 6	Sensors	2 questions
  	Lecture 32	Get ready for Magic 1 : Automate a switch using a relay and sensors	12:43
  	Lecture 33	Get ready for Magic 2 : Automate a switch using a relay and sensors	11:56
  	Lecture 34	Control a relay from anywhere - I	13:27
  	Lecture 35	Control a relay from anywhere - II	08:23
  	Quiz 7	Relay	1 question
  	Lecture 36	Setting up a video feed with the Pi Camera	17:04
  Section 8: For Arduino lovers: WiringPi
  	Lecture 37	WiringPi and Pulse Width Modulation	15:57
  	Quiz 8	WiringPi	1 question

What is included in this Course?

• Internet of Things : Sensors, Actuators, Microcontrollers, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Physical Computing, Smart homes

  Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Components, System on a Chip (SOC) , Input Output Interfaces, SD Card / Secondary Storage, Choice of Operating Systems, RISC/CISC Architectures, x86 vs ARM, Raspbian OS installation, Raspbian tour, Linux Shell commands overview, Installing softwares, Connecting to the Internet

  Physical Computing: Sensors (Photoresistors, Ultrasonic sensors, motion sensors, temperature and humidity sensors), Relays, LEDs, Push buttons, Basics of circuit design, Ohm's law, RC circuit, GPIO pins, Serial and Parallel interfaces, UART, SPI, I2C, Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), Python (RPi DOT GPIO), WiringPi, Node js (RPi-GPIO)

  Home Automation projects: Measuring Distance, Measuring Light Intensity, Controlling switches with sensors, Controlling switches over local and external networks

  Understand what the internet of things and physical computing are

  Know their way around a Raspberry Pi

  Use the Raspberry Pi in Home Automation projects

  Think of different IoT applications and visualize the components needed to build them

  Do cool things like control switches in their home with their smartphone

Who should buy this course?

• • No real prerequisites. Beginner level understanding of electric circuits and programming might help but its not mandatory
  • If you intend to do the physical computing projects, go ahead and purchase a Raspberry Pi - but the course does give you advice on things you might need to get for your automation projects so you can wait to decide as well.
  • Anyone who is interested in Internet of Things, Physical computing, hardware hacking and wants to get their hands dirty with real projects
  • Non-engineers / Non-tech persons who are interested in home automation projects or Raspberry Pi
  • People who are looking to understand the details of IoT and want to think of new startup ideas in the IoT space or work in this space
  • Engineers who have book knowledge but want some help with practical application of electronics concepts