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Spydian [](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/trivernis/spydian/overview/master)
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Summary
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This python project is the controlling software for the Spyder remote controlled car.
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The car can be controlled with a (XBOX) Joystick and consists of a raspberry pi as core unit,
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several sensors (Gyroscope, Ultrasonic, Camera) and a relay for switching lights and motors on
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and off. The controlling part is achived by using pygame to get direct access to the controller
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events. The software itself is splitted into several libraries for handling specific tasks.
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Requirements
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You need to build a basic Spyder setup yourself. This consists of a raspberry
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pi as controlling unit, a gyroscope, a camera, two relays, an ultrasonic sensor and a temperature
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sensor. Notice that you could manipulate the main program (`main.py`) to remove or add sensors.
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The standard pins are:
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Sensor | Pins
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Ultrasonic | 11, 7
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Motor-Relay | 16
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Light-Relay | 15
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Temperature | 11, 14
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The light and the motor are switched on and off with the relay, because the raspberry pi
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doesn't have enough energy to power all motors and lights. So use a seperate energy source
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to power them.
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If you are building your own setup it is recommended to only use the libraries and build the
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main program yourself.
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Install
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To install the requirements execute the install.sh script. This script does not install Python but
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uses pip. So first you need to install Python 2 and Python 3 because this software uses both
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versions. You also need to connect all sensors and relays to the specific pins.
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Usage
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To execute the software the main.py script needs to be run. Open a console and type
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`sudo python3 main.py`. Notice that the superuser rights are required because the script needs
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access to the GPIO-Pins of the raspberry pi.
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