Raspberry Pi meets Arduino (Udemy.com)
Learn how Raspberry Pi can communicate with Arduino. Also included RFID using Arduino
Created by: Venkatesh Varadachari
Last updated January 2016
What you will learn
- Communicate a message between the Arduino and Raspberry Pi and Vice versa
- Learn how RFID works and Find out what the future holds for RFID technology
- Employee entry system using Arduino and RFID sensor
- Security System and Access Control with Arduino using Keypad 4x4
- Acquire data from sensors and display them on an LCD screen
How it compares
Against the other 295 rated Udemy courses in Arduino on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 19% of them
- Reviews111#187 of 296 by number of reviews
- Length1.4 hoursshorter than 91% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2016earlier than 98% of them
Course Description
This is an advanced level course on Arduino. This course is designed for advanced makers. We’ll help you to get started with the basics of creating circuits with the Arduino and Arduino Mega prototyping board. We will show how a Raspberry Pi and Arduino can communicate with each other. By the end of this course, you would have built Security Systems and Access Control with Arduino using Keypad 4x4 and an Employee entry system using Arduino and RFID sensor.
The prerequisite for this course is a basic understanding of electrical and electronic concepts and ability to download and install software on your computer. Along the way, you will learn about programming, sensors, and communications.
The course split into three parts:
Project 1: In this project, we will teach you how to communicate a message from the Arduino to the Raspberry Pi and vice-versa using a USB serial cable.
Project 2: In this project, we teach you how to build an employee entry system using Arduino and RFID sensor module. This project is designed to record the employee details, date and time in PLX-DAQ Spreadsheet to monitor the time and date of entry and exit.
Project 3: This is a security related project. We’ll show you how to make a keypad combination lock. In the project, keypad security system and access control with Arduino can change the combination without reprogramming the Arduino.
If learning by making sounds like the way to go, then this course is for you!
RFID tags are used for everything from credit cards and passports to inventory control and door locks. Everyone should know more than a thing or two about them. With this course, you'll be able to learn how to read, "spoof" and use RFID in both standard and creative ways. Their ubiquitous nature and how little an average citizen knows about them also makes for great science fair and educational projects.
To explain RFID, we can use a key and lock analogy. Instead, of the key having a unique pattern, RFID keys hold a series of unique numbers that are read by the lock. It is up to our Arduino sketch to determine what happens when the lock reads the number. The key is the tag, card or another small device we carry around or have in our life. We will be using a passive key, which is an integrated circuit and a small aerial. It uses power from a magnetic field associated with the sensor.
If you are a technology enthusiast and want to learn the cutting-edge technology, then this is the right course for you.
I will teach you step by step how to go about building this project. I will also share the code with you so that you can replicate the project yourself.
At the end of the course, you'll be fully familiarized with Arduino and ready to build your electronic security system. I look forward to you joining this course. It provides the complete source code of the real time project.
What are you waiting for? Enroll now!
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
111 Reviews
Venkatesh Varadachari
Venkatesh Varadachari is the founder of MAKERDEMY, a pioneer maker education company head-quartered in Singapore.
Venkatesh believes that knowledge should be made available to people in all walks of life. Venkatesh also believes in the power of education to transform lives.
Venkatesh has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
He also has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Madras University and a Masters in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore.
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Reviews
By Ramprasath A on 6/2/2020
Projects explanations are easy to understand.
By Shraddha dhaku sawant on 5/13/2020
Yes, good match for me
By Palpandian p on 5/12/2020
this course was useful, thank you
By Christopher P Hickman on 5/5/2017
Several of the questions on the quizzes were not covered in the lectures.
By MOHAMED BELHASSEN on 3/14/2017
all things are clearly explained :)
By Don H. on 11/6/2016
This was well done and contained much useful information in an easy to understand format.
By Frank Harvey on 6/29/2016
The excel interface doesn't work on the current version of windows (10). I tracked down the referenced code (something DAQ) and its website says it's no longer supported. Major disappointment. I liked his pdf's. The sample code was very easy to read and follow. The circuits were also very straightforward and well explained.
By Otto Johansen on 6/11/2016
Not much usage of the Raspberry Pi, and no explanation of why one model of the Arduino (UNO) was used for the initial projects, but another was chosen for the third (MEGA).
By Karthiga.s on 5/12/2020
By Jerry Farmer on 3/11/2016
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Overall Score : 82 / 100












