Build Instructions

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  SSH Configuration

  First of all, we need to ensure the SSH is configured on the Raspberry Pi, enter the following command at the terminal to display the RPi configuration screen: Then go to Interfacing Options and enable SSH
  

  sudo raspi-config
  

• 2

  IP Address

  Once you enable SSH, you need to know your RPI IP Address: just type:

  ipconfig

   
  to show your current IP Address (Ethernet or WLAN)
  
  

• 3

  Python Code

  For this example, we're just going to turn on an LED with the RPi.GPIO library already included in your O.S. Make sure you know the exact location of your code file: i.e. '/Documents/PythonCode/LED.py'
  

  We're going to create our python code file with the command nano + 'filename'.py
  

  nano LED.py

   This will open a text editor, this is the code I write for this example:

  import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
  
  GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
  GPIO.setwarnings(False)
  GPIO.setup(18,GPIO.OUT)
  
  print "LED on"
  GPIO.output(18,GPIO.HIGH)

   This will turn on the output from pin #18 (GPIO 24) on your Raspberry Pi

  To close and save the file just press 'Ctrl + x'
  
  

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