Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications (AmritaWNA) and Amrita Centre for Research and Development (ACRD) organized a workshop on Smart City Applications using Raspberry Pi from May 22-23, 2019.
Guest Speaker: Mr. Korath Mathew, Kochi & Amaravathi Smart City Project*
Topics Covered:
- Introduction to Raspberry Pi and other Single Board Computers
- Installation of Operating System
- Connect to WiFi and install different Python modules
- Configuring Raspberry Pi as Server & Client and establish communicate protocol
- Interfacing Digital Sensors and visualize the values
- Introduction to MySQL Database
- Introduction to Relay operation through REST APIs.
Workshop Benefits
- Understand job opportunities in the areas of Smart City, Smart Grid.
- Acquire skill set required to work as an expert.
- Understand the future of Smart Cities and explore its potential.
- Work on a live project and solve problems to make homes and cities smarter
- Field Experience using Campus Level Smart Grid Testbed
Workshop Outcomes
- Basics of Raspberry Pi Python programming
- Communicate between multiple Raspberry Pi Nodes
- Connect the Industrial Protocol modules such as RS-232, RS-485 Modbus.
- Configuring Raspberry as TCP Client/Server
- Integrating Digital Sensors & Reading Environmental Values
- Developing applications for Web Server
- Developing monitoring and controlling system
Program Schedule
Day 1
- 9:00am – 9:30am – Inaugural Ceremony
- 9:30am – 11:00am – Lecture: Smart Grid Research at AmritaWNA
- 11:15am -1:00pm – Lecture: Developing Smart Cites Insights from Kochi & Amaravathi projects 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Lunch break
- 2:00pm – 3:30pm – Hands-on session – Raspberry Pi
- 3:30pm – 3:45pm – Tea break
- 3:45pm – 4:45pm – Visit Amrita Smart Grid Outdoor Lab
Day 2:
- 9:30am – 10:30am – Hands-on Raspberry Pi, Python
- 10:30am -11:30am – Lecture: Interfacing MySql and implementation RESTAPIs using Raspberry Pi
- 11:30am – 11:45am – Tea break
- 11:45am – 12:30pm – Hands-on Session – Implementation of RESTAPIs
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch break
- 1:30pm – 3:30pm – Hands-on Session – Developing an end to end system – Part 1
- 3:30pm – 3:45pm – Tea break
- 3:45pm – 4:45pm – Hands-on Session – Developing an end to end system – Part 2
