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Smart Lighting System using ThingSpeak IoT Cloud and Raspberry Pi

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Updated: Sep 29, 2024

This article will teach you how to interface a Fire Alert to Gmail using Raspberry Pi. Smart Lighting is a #technology where the system can make a decision on its own and can turn the lighting on/off, change colors, etc. using voice recognition, #sensors mobile app, and many other condition-based technologies. Let us not wait anymore and jump into the circuit right away.



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1. Raspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi is a single-board microcomputer that utilizes the SoC, DDR RAM #memory, Ethernet port, USB host, and micro HDMI. It provides the possibility to interact with the outside world and using its processing power in a compact board at a low cost. In this application, we have used the Python IDE to simplify it.


2. SD Card for Raspberry Pi: It is important that we use the right Micro SD for storing and installing the Pi in the system. It is always recommended to use a class-10 SD card that is capable of storing all the information regarding the #RaspberryPi from installation to application.



5. USB Cable for Raspberry Pi: This cord is used to temporarily connect the Raspberry Pi to the #power supply.






4. Connecting Wires (Male-Female): As simple as it looks, these are used to connect ends without soldering. While male wired have protruding pins to plug into things, female jumpers are the ends that are used to plug into.



5. LDR: An LDR or a Light Dependent Resistor is a sensor that varies the resistance of the component depending on the intensity of the light that falls upon its surface. This is one of the most important elements that we need in a #smartsystem and we will see this working in detail.



6. Ceramic Capacitor: The ceramic capacitor is a fixed value capacitor that can store #energy and it called so as it is made