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Raspberry PI talking route finder

Hardware

Unix Software

  • Debian wheezy/sid (via /etc/issue)
  • Raspberry Pi reference 2012-07-15 (via /etc/rpi-issue)
  • Firmware version : Aug 25 2012 version 333349 (via sudo /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version)
  • espeak text to Speech
  • python 2.7

added kernel modules

  • i2C-bcm2700
  • i2c-dev

Unix configuration

  • audio out to audio jack

Python Packages

standard

sys time datetime math serial

imported

Project code

Reflection

  • reflect.py - defines a Reflect class, an instance of which prints an object
  • view_object.py a script with one command-line argument, the name of the pkled object to print

Conversion

  • convert.py defines constants and a general function to convert from one unit to another

Time and Date

  • date_time.py various functions

Text-to-speech

  • speak.py defines functions to use espeak to vocalise text and to expand abbreviations

Persistance

  • persistant.py defines a Persistant class -- Switch a class for a simple on/off switch -- Number - a class for a value which can be incremented and decremented - used for controling rates and indexing -- Option - a class which allows the selection of an option

Configuration

  • conf.py - Config class loads a config file

files

  • config/config.txt - each line is name=value

GPS

  • gps.py defines a GPS class to receive NMEA sentences and save the current gps data every 1 second
  • geo.py defines a LatLong class which contains distance and bearing functions and other conversion functions
  • start_gps.py script to create the gps object and start it monitoring

objects

  • gps GPS instance

Compass

  • Devantech_CMPS10.py defines a CMPS10 class to interface to the CMPS10 chip
  • compass.py defines a Compass class that gathers magnetic bearing data and converts to a true bearing
  • start_compass.py script to create a Compass object called 'compass' and start it monitoring every 1 seconds

objects

  • compass Compass instance
  • compassoffset Number updated by calibrate so that bearings are relative to the direction of the mount

Track

  • track.py a track class with a monitor function which collects GPS and compass data periodically and logs to a serial file
  • start_position_logger.py script to create a logg object and start logging
  • make_kml.py takes a route and a track and generates kml
  • replay_track.py - simulates a past track

objects

  • log_sw Switch to control logging
  • log_rate Number to determine the rate of logging in seconds

files

  • log/{name}.txt the log called name
  • kml/{name}.kml - generated kml from track name

Route

  • route.py defines Route and Waypoint classes
  • start_route.py starts the route object
  • start_route_follower.py - route follower automatically steps from waypoint to waypoint as you poass each one

objects

  • route Route object containg the current waypoints
  • follower_sw Switch to turn the follower on or off

Data Talker

  • start_talker.py start up the talker

objects

  • talk_sw Switch to turn the talker on and off
  • talk_rate Number to control the rate of talking - seconds
  • talk_mode Option to determine what data is talked

files

  • routes/{name}.txt set of waypoints as "|" delimited data: name, latitude,longitude,datetime,description

Library

  • books.py Book and Library(Persistant) class
  • start_book_reader.py starts a reader process

objects

  • read_sw Switch to turn reader on or off
  • library Library which contains books and the current position in each book

files

  • texts{name}.txt book text - one line per voiced phrase

Menu

  • presenter.py class Presenter interprets presenter keypresses as cursor movements
  • menu.py class Menu describes a hierarchical menu and its actions
  • xmlutils.py support functions to modify the Menu XML code
  • start_menu.py start up a menu - parameter is a menu name

files

  • menu/{name}.xml a menu

Start Up

  • start.sh - get the separate processes running

  • ~/.profile - edited to run start.sh on boot after auto login to pi

To install

  • copy all scripts to a directory
  • run post_install.sh

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