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Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers Get the most out of your Raspberry Pi 3 with Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462121
Length 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rajdeep Chandra Rajdeep Chandra
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John Sirach John Sirach
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Pradeeka Seneviratne Pradeeka Seneviratne
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Preface 1. Setting up Your Raspberry Pi FREE CHAPTER 2. Automatic Light Switch Using Presence Detection 3. A Social and Personal Digital Photo Frame 4. Integrating a Real-Time IoT Dashboard 5. Wireless Controlled Robot 6. Building a Multipurpose IoT Controller 7. Security Camera with Face Recognition

Automatic switch based on environment lighting

In this section, we will be combining the built hardware components to automate the switching of the relay based on the environment lighting, including printing states to the LCD. Let's close all the code tabs in the editor and leave only the Main class open. If not already done, comment the relayExample(); method and uncomment the lightDependentSwitching() method. This last method will instantiate the LdrHandler class and pass on a RelaySwitch object. If you already have been playing with the darkThreshold member value in the LdrHandler class, you can press the Run application button and the application should start switching automatically and update the LCD statuses. When we play a little bit with the environment lighting by putting our hand over the LDR, the relay should close, and when light is reaching the LDR again, the relay should open.

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