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Setting up the Raspberry Pi

Load Operating System onto SDCard

Download the raspberry pi operating system and unzip: http://opencodeproject.com/rasppi/images/debian/6/debian6-19-04-2012

Use Win32DiskImager to install onto SDCARD:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Data-CD-DVD-Burning/Win32-Disk-Imager.shtml

There is a problem of SDcards not being recognized on laptops. Use an sdcard hub or plug it into a device such as a camera and then connect the device to the computer is there is a problem recognizing the SDCard drive.

In terminal type:

sudo apt-get update		
sudo apt-get upgrade

Beginner's Guide

Follow the beginners guide to get up and running:
http://elinux.org/RPi_Beginners

Run sudo setupcon once manually after the keyboard is setup otherwise you may have long boot times.

Setting up SSH

Tutorial:
http://fusionstrike.com/2012/setting-ssh-ftp-raspberry-pi-debian

Wireless Setup

Lookup Compatible USB wifi devices and install the drivers:
http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals#USB_WiFi_Adapters

To set up a static ip address use the following in /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.103
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wireless-essid linksys

In this example the static IP address is 192.168.1.103 and the gateway is 192.168.1.1.
Replace linksys with the name of your router and add

wpa-ssid ssid
wpa-psk wireless_key_passphrase

with the correct ssid and wireless key passphrase.

Tutorial on setting up a static IP address:
http://www.penguintutor.com/blog/viewblog.php?blog=6306
Tutorial on setting up a Belkin USB wifi adapter:
http://www.penguintutor.com/blog/viewblog.php?blog=6281
Tutorial on setting up wifi device on linux:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo

Kernel Patch for Dallas 1-wire and I2C

Note that the following only works with the Debian Wheezy June Distribution (debian6-19-04-2012.zip):

Automated script to add 1-wire and I2C drivers:

 sudo bash
 wget http://www.frank-buss.de/raspberrypi/w1-test
 bash w1-test

Forum Describing the Kernel Patch
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=6649

Installation

Hardware: The raspberry pi is very expandable. Multiple 1-wire sensors can be connected to pin 4. Also more than one i2c Jeelab plug can be connected to the raspberry pi via the i2c interface. The output plug was used in this project. List of other i2c jeelab plugs:
http://jeelabs.net/projects/hardware/wiki/
There are many GPIO pins on the raspberry pi available but the use of a buffered interface on these is recommended which will help protect against damage.

Python Modules:
Install Python i2c and smbus: sudo apt-get install python-smbus
http://www.acmesystems.it/i2c
Install PIP package installer: sudo apt-get install python-pip
Install PySerial: sudo pip install pyserial
http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/pyserial.html
Install Web.py: sudo pip install web.py
http://webpy.org/

Aptana Studio 3 for IDE: http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3
Programming Python, Javascript, web page design and 1-click synchronization with Raspberry Pi

Copy software to /var/www preserving the directory structure.
Start Putty on Windows and type login name and password.
Program must be run as superuser: Type sudo bash
Start program by typing: python raspibrew
Next, start the firefox browser on a computer on your local network.

In order to run at boot add python /var/www/raspibrew.py to /etc/rc.local