You can find the installation documentation here
There are three different ways to connect to the Raspberry PI:
Graphic: You can directly connect the Raspberry Pi to a HDMI display, Keyboard and Mouse.
SSH: On every raspberry pi there is a ssh server running. To connect to the rasberrypi just try to run the command ssh pi@IP-FOR-YOU-RASPBERRY or ssh pi@NAME-OF-YOUR-RASPBERRY e.g. ssh pi@raspberrypi9. The user is pi and the password is raspberry.
Console Cable: If you want to connect via a Console Cable you need to install the following driver for the PL2303 USB to TTL Chipset on you local machine: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?pcid=41&showlevel=0041-0041.
You also need to connect the black, green and white cable with the raspberry as shown in the picture:
- On linux and Mac OS X you can run the command
screen /dev/ttyUSBSerial 115200to connect to the Raspberry Pi. - Within Windows you need to download Putty. You can find the com port by looking in the Ports section of the Windows Device Manager.
For further information you can check out the tutorial from Adafruit: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/overview
If everything is up and running you can check out the python script for the sensors.
With the current setup we provided a bunch of sensor's:
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DHT22: The DHT22 is a basic, low-cost digital temperature and humidity sensor. It uses a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor to measure the surrounding air, and spits out a digital signal on the data pin (no analog input pins needed). Its fairly simple to use, but requires careful timing to grab data. The only real downside of this sensor is you can only get new data from it once every 2 seconds, so when using our library, sensor readings can be up to 2 seconds old.
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MTK3339: The MKT3339 is a high-quality GPS module that can track up to 22 satellites on 66 channels, has an excellent high-sensitivity receiver (-165 dB tracking!), and a built in antenna. It can do up to 10 location updates a second for high speed, high sensitivity logging or tracking. Power usage is incredibly low, only 20 mA during navigation.
Note: The GPS module isnt connected by default to the raspberry pi. To connect the GPS module read the instruction in the GPS Installation Docu -
TSL2561: The TSL2561 luminosity sensor is an advanced digital light sensor, ideal for use in a wide range of light situations. Compared to low cost CdS cells, this sensor is more precise, allowing for exact lux calculations and can be configured for different gain/timing ranges to detect light ranges from up to 0.1 - 40,000+ Lux on the fly. The best part of this sensor is that it contains both infrared and full spectrum diodes!
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L3GD20 / LSM303: This inertial-measurement-unit combines 2 of the best quality sensors available on the market to give you 9 axes of data: 3 axes of accelerometer data, 3 axes gyroscopic, and 3 axes magnetic (compass).
There are a few different way's to interact with the sensors. For further Information check out the Service Docu