IoT & Hardware

Read out range of IoT and Hardware news, including the latest updates on Google Home, Alexa and Raspberry Pi. Packt Hub also provides guides on how to build your own IoT applications to bring the smart home to you.

Hardware configuration

0
The hardware configuration of this project is not really complex. For each motion sensor module you want to build, you'll need to do the...

Baking Bits with Yocto Project

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Understanding the BitBake tool The BitBake task scheduler started as a fork from Portage, which is the...

Progression of a Maker

0
There’s a natural path for the education of a maker that takes place within the techshops and makerspaces. It begins in the world of...

A Maker’s Journey into 3D printing

0
If you’ve visited any social media outlets, you’ve probably come across a never-ending list of new words and terms—the Internet of Things, technological dissonance,...

Soldering: Tips and Tricks for Makers

0
Although solderless breadboards provide makers with an easy way to build functioning circuits and software, the builds are only really reliable if they aren't...

Shaping a model with Meshmixer and printing it

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Shaping with Meshmixer Meshmixer was designed to provide a modeling interface that frees the user from working...

Sending Data to Google Docs

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) The first step is to set up a Google Docs spreadsheet for the project....

Case study – modifying a GoPro wrench

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Simply scaling the model is easy to achieve with other programs like Netfabb (www.netfabb.com) or your...

Creating a 3D world to roam in

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) We may be able to create models and objects within our 3D space, as well as...

Testing Your Speed

0
(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Creating the game controller In order to design a controller, we first need to know what sort...