Raspberry Pi Desk Controller

RPiDeskController

About

This project includes server- and client side code for controlling a height-adjustable desk (basically a relay board) via a web site hosted on the Raspberry Pi.

The client side code:

• Uses knockoutjs for MVVM
• Uses twitter bootstrap for simple markup
• Uses jQuery, e.g., for async invocation of web-services on the RPi

The server side code:

• Is based on Python CGI Scripts
• Uses the gpio program "bundled" with WiringPi to interface with the GPIO pins

Demo

A screenshot of the client is seen here:

Setup

Install the lighty (lighttpd) Web Server

See Mark Ingram's brilliant tutorial on this: http://markingramuk.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/accessing-gpio-from-a-web-server/

Install WiringPi

See the project page's guidlines: https://projects.drogon.net/raspberry-pi/wiringpi/download-and-install/

Setup a WiFi- or Ad-hoc Network

See my own tutorial on this: http://lcdev.dk/2012/11/18/raspberry-pi-tutorial-connect-to-wifi-or-create-an-encrypted-dhcp-enabled-ad-hoc-network-as-fallback/

Deploy Code

For instance:

• Client-side code goes here: /var/www/rpidc
• Server-side code goes here: /var/www/cgi-bin