Lab 2: Raspberry Pi & Breadboards

Lab A:

The team started by deleting a command line statement which would hinder the command line experience. After doing so, the team used the Minicom software to enable a new line and echo a simple message back to the terminal.

Lab B:

The team connected the SPI MOSI and MISO pins on the Raspberry Pi to install Spidev and i2c-tools while running a script to monitor the installation status of the i2c tool.

Lab C:

Using the Fritzing program, the team modeled a breadboard with the Raspberry Pi, along with a LED and resistor. The breadboard had an effective resistance of 330 Ω which was modeled with only one resistor.

Lab D:

The team connected the physical breadboard model shown in Lab C to the Raspberry Pi. The command line was used to set up the GPIO to a Python file which would tunr the LED on and off.

Lab E:

The team provisioned a breadboard with advanced components to monitor parameters such as temperature and light presence which can be displayed to the Pi's terminal output.

Lab F:

The team installed Fswebcam on the Raspberry Pi to activate and capture images from an external USB webcam. Commands were used to take snapshots which were then stored into the Raspberry Pi's files.