Daemon running in a Raspberry Pi to control a boat.

This repository is part of the piboat project: piboat.blogspot.fr (French blog).

You can clone this project from github:

• PiBoat project: https://github.com/matthieutdo/PiBoat
• PiBoat Android remote controller project: https://github.com/matthieutdo/PiBoat-Android-RC

1. Download this project in your Raspberry Pi.

2. Configure your Raspberry Pi (using raspi-config):

   • Set host name as "piboat" (Network Options -> N1 Host-name)
   • Configure your Wi-Fi (Network Options -> Wi-Fi)
   • Enable camera (Interfacing options -> P1 Camera) # XXX deprecated
   • Enable I2C (Interfacing options -> P5 I2C)

3. Install dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install gcc make i2c-tools git

4. install WiringPi library from the unofficial Mirror/Fork:

$ git clone https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi.git
$ cd WiringPi
$./build

4. Generate and install binaries (installation is optional):

$ make
$ make install

5. start piboat using systemd:

$ systemctl start piboat.service

Note: you also can automatically start it at system boot:

# systemctl enable piboat.service

1. Start the piboat (server) in your Raspberry Pi (debug mode):

# piboat -d 8

2. Compile the remote controller for PC (Linux or Windows):

$ cd rctrl/
$ make

3. start remote controller and send command.

$ ./rctrl

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.