This course on integrating sensors with your Raspberry Pi is course 3 of a Coursera Specialization and can be taken separately or as part of the specialization. Although some material and explanations from the prior two courses are used, this course largely assumes no prior experience with sensors or data processing other than ideas about your own projects and an interest in building projects with sensors.
Using Sensors With Your Raspberry Pi
This course is part of Raspberry Pi Projects Specialization
Instructor: Drew Wilson
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There are 4 modules in this course
This first module gets us all on the same page, no matter how much experience you have with sensors or measurement technology. We'll start by describing a straightforward sensor flow model to help us understand the myriad of sensors available in the world, and which you may later build. Then we'll move into the concepts of accuracy, precision, and uncertainty, which are necessary for understanding the inherent error in any measurement system. This module lays the groundwork for the circuits and examples in later modules.
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8 videos1 assignment
In this module, we'll look at examples of three common methods to store calibration data and apply that data to your sensor measurements. These examples range from simple to sophisticated, but none are complicated. We'll use Python and advanced open-source libraries to do the heavy math, just like you can implement in your Raspberry Pi projects.
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10 videos1 assignment
Once you have a sensor, and have a Raspberry Pi, there is often a need for circuitry in the middle to interface the two. In this module, we'll show how simple amplifier and filter circuits can be used to adapt voltage levels and reduce noise from your sensor data.
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9 videos1 assignment
The great thing about using a Raspberry Pi for your sensor projects is that you have access to great open-source software libraries and lots of processing power to manipulate your sensor data. This module looks at a few techniques for using statistical and digital signal processing methods to clean up your sensor data.
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