[HLUG] Hello / Starting with Raspberry Pi

[Julian Robbins]

Hello Alex

Thanks for joining. There's a number of people in the group who have
Raspberry Pi's so hopefully someone can give some good ideas. I would
suggest trying something like the Linux magazines, or the Raspberry pi
magazine as they have quite a few good articles in them in these sort of
practical projects.

Pete and Tim may be able to advise as they're both into the pi for various
things.

Yes we have a meeting next Weds coming at the Courtyard in Hereford, you
are most welcome to come along of course. I'll post further details about
the mtg closer to the time.

Thanks again for joining, and hope you can get something useful from
joining the group.

Look forward to meeting you next week.

Regards
Julian
HLUGMaster

On 14 June 2016 at 22:24, Alex Hempton-Smith via Herefordshire <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just joined this group and I'm hoping to attend the next meeting, great to
> see this group exists in Hereford.
>
> I've mainly experienced Linux by interacting with server environments and
> doing some basic SSH commands. However I'm reasonably proficient at PHP so
> I'm looking forward to learning another language, something I can use with
> hardware.
>
> I'd really like to get started with Raspberry Pi development, but I'm not
> sure where to start. I have an idea for some home automation projects that
> might be somewhere to start from.
>
> Perhaps something basic on a Raspberry Pi Zero for automatically watering
> the plants. Opening a solenoid water valve for 5 minutes when it gets to
> dusk time, isn't forecast rain in the next 6 hours (weather and sunset web
> API's) and hasn't already rained that day (a moisture sensor). Then maybe
> elaborate on that with a dashboard I can access via wifi, send a text
> message when they've been watered (Trello API) and calculate how much water
> has been used...
>
> Does anybody here have any experience with Raspberry Pi projects, and any
> suggestions for good ways to get started?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
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