Raspberry Pi: Make a Workbench Computer

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: [0005] – Watch me first! A study guide

Lecture 2: [0020a] – Required hardware, Part 1

Lecture 3: [0020b] – Required hardware, Part 2

Lecture 4: [0010] – Required software

Lecture 5: [0030] – Things to drive on your bench with the Bench Computer

Lecture 6: [0040] – Residual current device

Lecture 7: [0045] – Update 2022 briefing

Lecture 8: A list of parts

Chapter 2: Basic setup

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0050] – Setup the Raspbian operating system on an SD card

Lecture 3: [0060] – Attach the touch screen on the Raspberry Pi

Lecture 4: [0070] – Boot your Raspberry Pi for the first time

Lecture 5: [0080] – Attach the Piface Relay+ to your Raspberry Pi

Lecture 6: Conclusion

Chapter 3: More setup: enclosure and networking

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0090] – Make the enclosure for the Bench Computer

Lecture 3: [0098] – Connect a Bluetooth keyboard

Lecture 4: [0100] – Setup Wifi using a keyboard

Lecture 5: [0110] – Setup Wifi using Ethernet

Lecture 6: [0120] – SSH without password

Lecture 7: [0130] – Setup Remote Desktop

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 4: Taking photos and video with the RPi Camera

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0140] – Connect the Raspberry Pi Camera

Lecture 3: [0150] – Taking still images

Lecture 4: [0160] – Taking video

Lecture 5: [0170] – Converting H264 video to MP4

Lecture 6: [0180] – Splitting video files to smaller files

Lecture 7: Conclusion

Chapter 5: Control with the Piface Relay Plus

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0190] – What is a HAT?

Lecture 3: [0200] – The Piface Relay Plus

Lecture 4: [0210] – Piface Relay Plus software setup and demo

Lecture 5: [0220] – Piface Relay Plus blink script walkthrough

Lecture 6: [0230] – Piface Relay Plus connect and control an LED strip

Lecture 7: [0235] – Shrink tubing to protect a wire join

Lecture 8: [0240] – Piface Relay Plus Connect and Control a 12V Fan

Lecture 9: [0245] – Improving the wiring

Lecture 10: Conclusion

Chapter 6: The DHT22 for environmental monitoring

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0250] – DHT22 wiring and demo

Lecture 3: [0260] – PIGPIOD deamon

Lecture 4: [0270] – Getting the PIGPIOD to auto start

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Controlling mains loads with an external relay

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0300] – Using a 5V relay with the Raspberry Pi

Lecture 3: [0310] – Calculate the relay driver circuit

Lecture 4: [0320] – Test the relay driver circuit on a breadboard

Lecture 5: [0330] – Design the relay PCB

Lecture 6: [0340] – Test the relay driver PCB

Lecture 7: Conclusion

Chapter 8: Construct the relay controller box

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0350] – Create an enclosure Part 1: Walkthrough

Lecture 3: [0351] – Create an enclosure Part 2: Testing

Lecture 4: [0352] – Create an enclosure Part 3: Tools

Lecture 5: [0353] – Create an enclosure Part 4: Demonstration

Lecture 6: [0360] – Relay box controller external wiring

Lecture 7: [0370] – Test the finished relay controller box with software

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 9: Meet Tkinter

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0380] – Introduction to Tkinter

Lecture 3: [0381] – The Tkinter Label widget

Lecture 4: [0382] – The Tkinter Event

Lecture 5: [0383 ] – The Tkinter Entry Box widget

Lecture 6: [0384] – The Tkinter Image widget

Lecture 7: [0385 ] – The Tkinter custom styling

Lecture 8: [0386 ] – The Tkinter Notebook widget

Lecture 9: [0387 ] – The Tkinter grid layout

Lecture 10: Conclusion

Chapter 10: Write the Bench Computer application

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: [0390 ] – User Interface design with a wireframe

Lecture 3: [0400 ] – Step 1: Create the skeleton application

Lecture 4: [0 410 ] – Step 2: Implement Tab 1 – The control Tab

Lecture 5: [0420] – Step 3: Implement Tab 2 – The camera Tab

Lecture 6: [0430] – Step 4: Implement Tab 3 – The environment Tab

Lecture 7: [0440] – Test the Bench Computer application

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 11: Bench Computer Mk II using the Keyestudio 4 Channel Relay (or similar)

Lecture 1: [1001] – Introduction

Lecture 2: [1010] – RPi Bench Computer Mk II demonstration

Lecture 3: [1030a] – Disassembly planning