#SECTION I: ABOUT To make a long story short, we have group projects at a school we attend, and for one of these projects our group decided to throw together a super-simple pi-based, web-controlled, lamp.
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Raspberry Pi running Raspbian(power supply, sd card, etc…)
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Pi Cobbler
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Breadboard Jumper Wires
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Solderless Breadboard (or you can solder all of this if you're hardcore)
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Power Switch Tail II
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Something to connect to the pi (over the network, or a keyboard+mouse+display to connect directly)
After putting NOOBS on the Pi and installing Raspbian, run the following commands in the console or LXterminal:
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade####Make sure any packages on the Pi are up-to date -
sudo reboot####Reboot to finish installing packages -
(Now, wait for the Pi to power back up)
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sudo apt install git python-pipsudo pip install flask####Install dependencies
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git clone "https://github.com/brianlechthaler/piWebLamp.git"####Grab the latest copy of this repository -
cd piWebLamp####open the repository folder
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sudo chmod +x setup.sh####make sure the script is executable -
sudo sh setup.sh####run the automated setup script
You should be done. The script sets up the interface to run when the pi boots up, so there is no further action needed. Occasionally you should cd to where you cloned the repository to, and run git pull to pull down any updates/changes to the repository. After pulling, re-run the setup script to make sure any new changes are installed.