kitty-detector

Detects kitty motion and sends data to the IoT Platform. This project is best used with Raspberry Pi

Parts List

• Raspberry Pi
• PIR Sensor
• 1 Raspberry Pi Camera
• USB Power Supply (RPi)
• Lead Wires

Optional Parts

• Kitty Detector case
• 1 Kitty

Install

For Amazon IoT

• In your Amazon IoT console, add each of your devices as a "thing" resource and download the provided certificates and private key.

• Rename the files to ensure that you have private.pem.key,certificate.pem.crt, and root-CA.pem.crt in the root of your device directory.

• Setup your device per the device instructions and connect to the local network.

For Amazon SDK (S3, etc)

• Create AWS Access Keys
• Set AWS Credentials files or Environment variables for access keys

For IBM IoT Platform

• TODO

For IBM Bluemix

• TODO

Raspberry Pi Terminal

• Update your Raspberry Pi and install raspi-config

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install git raspi-config wiringpi

• Enable Raspberry Pi camera using configuration program

$ sudo raspi-config

• With Node.js installed, download the code and run on the device:

$ git clone https://github.com/lynnaloo/kitty-detector.git
$ cd kitty-detector
$ npm i -g yarn
$ yarn install
$ sudo npm run pi

See Also

• IoT and Tessel Tutorial
• johnny-five
• Raspberry Pi
• Amazon IoT
• IBM Iot Platform

License

MIT