Questions tagged [raspberry-pi]
For questions related to using the Raspberry Pi in IoT applications or solutions. Questions about a software or hardware issue with Raspberry Pi are usually more appropriate at Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange. Programming language questions are usually more appropriate at Stack Overflow.
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Google Home API Integration
I have a project that I want to start on that involves Google Home and a custom light system. I currently control some lights in my apartment VIA a website but I want to be able to control the lights ...
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Water meter reading using LORA
We need to get reading of meter using LORA.
Previously, we have used NodeMCU with Wifi module but it contains short range. We need long range which will be around 10 km to 20 km, So we must need to ...
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How to connect Raspberry PI 3 Model B to BLE Motion Sensor
I'm trying to connect my PIR motion sensor using gatttool and is giving me this error:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo gatttool -t random -b B8:7C6F:1A:D8:24 -I
[B8:7C6F:1A:D8:24][LE]> connect
Attempting ...
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remotely update a raspberry pi with limited data
What's the proper hence best way to push updates to a Raspberry-pi with a limited Mobile Data Cap (1mb/ day).
My first plan was to set up a Git repository and pull files from it once a week for ...
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How can I use Raspberry Pi to communicate with my Z-Wave gateway?
I am quite new to Z-Wave. I have a gateway, 2 z-wave sockets and 3 light switches. Everything comes from Keemple brand if that helps. However, using Keemple I cannot automate things the way I would ...
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Error occurred in installing ThingsBoard Raspberry Pi
I am installing ThingsBoard on Raspberry Pi by following this guide. It gave me an error when I tend run installation script in second last step:
Run installation script:
sudo /usr/share/thingsboard/...
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Installing drivers on Windows 10 IoT Core
First off, if this is the wrong Stackexchange site, please let me know so I can ask on the correct site.
I'm contemplating installing Windows 10 IoT Core on my Raspberry Pi model 3B+ (so ARM platform)...
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Re-link Google Home Account with Assistant Pi on Raspbian
I installed the Google Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3+ and it works perfectly.
I see the Raspberry in my Google Home App and I can configure some features. However, by mistake, I have unlinked from ...
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Internet Connectivity at the sea
I am building a project which involves the application of geo-fencing at the international borders. An alert is received when the user is near the border. an email is sent to the coastal guards as ...
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What is the most safe and easy way to send a command to a remote Raspberry Pi? [closed]
I would like to send a command with some predetermined number of arguments to a Raspberry Pi and get the output back from it. I was thinking of using restricted ssh key but was wondering if that is ...
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Which IoT platform to visualize real-time and historical sensor data?
In order to prepare some tutorials for my students, I am working on a few DIY electronics projects in the field of IoT. I want to use ESP32, ESP8266, Arduino Uno, and Raspberry Pi. I am more deep on ...
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Transfer data from Python Script to the Cloud using Node Red [closed]
I am running a Python Script on a Raspberry Pi to get the data measured by a Smart Plug (voltage, current, energy, power). This data is being printed on the terminal of the Raspberry Pi, but what I ...
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Communicate with MQTT over LoRa
I have two Raspberry Pis with a LoRa module each (Microchip RN2483, connected over serial). How do I tell MQTT (in Python) to use the LoRa motes (/dev/ttyAMC0) instead of Ethernet or Wi-Fi?
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How to store non-volatile data (an ID) inside a passive physical object?
I'm starting a project that evolve some kind of multiple small physical IoT objects that can be plugged dynamically to a wood board and trigger some leds.
My question is so simple that I'm afraid of ...
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How to add resistor between two connections on breadboard [closed]
I am trying to replicate a circuit-diagram for my Raspberry Pi and DHT temperature & humidity sensor. I noticed that the author of the tutorial added a resistor between two connections (see orange ...
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How to implement out-of-home when developing an IOT device?
I have a Raspberry Pi that tells you through web sockets and a sensor the amount of electricity you are spending in real time.
I created an iPhone app as a front-end that basically just paints the ...
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Unable to configure nrf24l01+ with Raspberry Pi 3 B+
I have a new Raspberry Pi 3 B+ model. I also bought a few nrf24l01+ modules.
I hooked up one of the nrf24l01+ modules to my RPi with these connections:
RPi | nrf24l01+
-------|----------
3.3 ...
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How to send data collected by two different sensors simultaneously?
I have two different sensors connected to my Raspberry pi and I have to send the data to other device. The transmission of data is through wireless network. I have been asked to send the data in ...
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Building a special effects rig
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask but I will give it a try. I build mechanisms that are used in commercials, tv shows, window displays, multimedia art etc. They generally involve ...
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Raspberry Pi emulate phone Bluetooth stack
I'd like to use my Raspberry Pi to emulate phone Bluetooth stack. I'd like to get it paired with car radio, simulate arriving/outgoing call, simulate SMS and the more alerts/notifications I can manage....
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Smart gate - where to start?
I have this idea of writing an app/something to make the gate, that we have in front of our house, smart. But I just don't know where to start.
I assume that the gate uses IR because we have remotes ...
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Xamarin.Forms to ESP8266 Wifi moduleConnection [closed]
Am build new application for ESP8266.
Then how can i connect my xamarin.forms application to esp8266
any reference and documentation for this.
Already referred WIFIManager library in android many of ...
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Will my Raspberry Pi home automation hub be able to do all that?
I am setting up a DIY home automation, and just planning how my solution will look. I will have a Raspberry Pi 3 as the "hub" of the network
It will run Node Red, MQTT (mosquitto), a DotNet website, ...
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Using Raspberry Pi as a Lora Node for a TTN setup
I already have a LoRa gateway that I made using a NodeMcu with ESP8266 and now I want to send data from a Raspberry Pi 3 through that gateway to the TTN.
The first thing that I did was to connect ...
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publish image data to mqtt not showing
I am trying to publish image data to MQTT (CloudMQTT) with following code, but the data is not appearing on MQTT, don't even see any data on MQTT broker.
import identity
import json
import paho.mqtt....
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greengrass ggc_user changeable? [closed]
While installing AWS IoT Greengrass for Raspberry Pi, there is a need to create ggc_user & ggc_group as mentioned in Greengrass developer guide step 9:
sudo adduser --system ggc_user
sudo ...
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How to detect desk occupancy in office
I'm working on a POC to try and find desk occupancy in an office. The aim is to identify which desk is occupied and how many are free and where are the free ones. Also I would like to identify who is ...
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Is static IP needed if using VPN to connect to IoT devices?
I have an IoT solution that I need to connect to from remote.
I don't have access to open ports nor set static IPs on-site where the IoT devices will be hosted so I was looking for other solutions.
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Connect IoT devices to AWS
I have a Moxa I/O Remote connected to a Raspberry Pi running some scripts through pymodbus. I am using MQTT to publish & receive changes/requests in the I/O remote to a web service.
The idea is ...
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Change Cloud URL using SimpleLink App for TI CC3200 SensorTags
I have some TI CC3200 Sensortags WiFi which I want to use out-of-the-box (without programming anything)
Purpose
I want to send the sensor information from the sensortags to an MQTT broker running on ...
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MOXA Modbus with Raspberry Pi – Can't get slave to work
I have two Moxa modbuses that I have daisy-chained together, and then connected to my network's ethernet port. The modbuses are hooked up to a control board with LED lights for the coils and buttons ...
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Options for cheap and “open” wireless thermometer/humidity sensors
I'm starting to explore IoT in my home, the first step being to connect a raspberry pi 3 B+ to a DHT22 temp/humidity, record DHT readings in a database which I then surf via a node server running on ...
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Using RBP as a broker between door locks & web server
I am relatively new to RBP3 and what it can do, but Ill try to summarize what I want to do and maybe I can get some pointers in the right direction.
So the idea is to have a web app running on a PHP ...
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mosquitto_sub: command not found
I'm using a raspberry pi image that has the mosquitto broker installed. To troubleshoot, instruction was to run:
pi@raspberrypi:/ $ mosquitto_sub -v -t "gateway/+/rx"
However that resulted in:
-...
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SBC similar to Banana/Raspberry Pi with USB comms
I’m looking forward to develop a handheld device that could communicate with PCs over WiFi network, Bluetooth and USB. I have looked at the forums about Rpi, and they say it does not support Usb ...
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Using Raspberry Pi as USB bridge
I wanted to use my Raspberry Pi as USB bridge between multiple devices. We can assume that I want to connect my iPad which has POS software on it to my thermal printer. Most of star or Epson thermal ...
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Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi Zero W
I tried to install Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, following this blog post.
I followed all steps, including starting the daemon as needed.
WiFi is connected, and accessible via ‘ssh’
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Can I use Android Things to detect a doorbell press via an RF Transmitter/Receiver pair?
I've bought a pair of 433MHz RF Tx Rx modules.
I've been struggling to find any information on getting them working on Android Things (Raspberry Pi).
My goal is to set up AT to detect the RF ...
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IoT and middleware
We are building a solution as described below:
Arduino-based sensors read data and send it to Raspberry every second.
Raspberry Pi processes these data and then communicates with a backend system ...
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Efficient Server- and Protocol structure for raspberry, smartphone and 3rd-party-device network
I am new to this forum and this field. I am looking forward to good criticism and tutorials/links/instructing suggestions to build a nice system with as less effort as possible while achieving all ...
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First steps to learn IoT with watering plants project [closed]
I am an experienced developper, and I want to learn IoT beginning with a small project. Automatic Watering the plants of my house.
Here are the requirements:
The project is for learning purpose
It ...
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How to register an IoT device to a user account
I'm designing on an IoT device that connects to a web server and publishes/subscribes to the MQTT service. Users download an iOS app to setup/register/use their device.
Question:
What's the ...
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ESP8266 code using Python [closed]
I need to connect some sensors wireless using an ESP8266 which transfers data over my home Wi-Fi network from sensor to Raspberry Pi. Now, I was told on the Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange that when using ...
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Connecting air conditioner to Apple's HomeKit
I'm planning to connect my air conditioner to Apple's HomeKit app. At first I searched for ways to do it, but I couldn't find a solution that would work for that project.
As I've found, Apple ...
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Industrial Controller Vs Prototype Controller(Study level Controller)
What is the difference between industrial Controller and prototype(Study)level controllers or Raspberry pi/Arduino Vs. Industrial Controllers(PLC, NON PLC) controllers
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Control arduino via MQTT
I working with several arduino board and now I need to control them via a web interface.
Via web interface I want to activate GPIO.
I have two ideas:
Each arduino acts as web server and I can ...
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Sending temperature sensor's data to Kaa-IoT platform via 6LoWPAN
I want to set up some sensors in different places, which are wire connected to my development board, Raspberry PI or Arduino.
I'm going to send the data wirelessly but without using WiFi protocol, ...
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Need Suggestion HD Camera to be integrated with Wifi module
I am working on one of my IoT project which needs to wide angle HD camera modules to integrated with Wifi Modules (open to Raspberry Pi, NodeMCU or anything else).
I have checked various options but ...
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SSH to Raspberry with Windows 10 IoT
I set up a Raspberry Pi 3b with Windows 10 IoT to try it out. In the past I had Linux running and I would just ssh connect to it. However when trying to ssh from powershell to the Windows 10 IoT it ...
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How to Use Alexa & Raspberry Pi switch things wirelessly?
I wanted to use my Amazon Echo Dot to connect to my Raspberry Pi, and have it turn on switches wirelessly.
What I have done: I have been able to use Makermusings's Fauxmo and a relay board to "trick"...
