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Greg Flurry

Java on the Raspberry Pi

Develop Java Programs to Control Devices for Robotics, IoT, and Beyond

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Greg Flurry

Austin, TX, USA

ISBN 978-1-4842-7263-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4842-7264-0

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7264-0

Greg Flurry 2021

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To my wonderful wife Sylvia, who endured many months of a distracted husband who talked about the book whenever he considered it acceptable.

Acknowledgments

This book was built on a foundation laid by many others. Some are obvious: the professional developers of Java, Raspberry Pi, NetBeans, and various devices. Some are not so obvious: the thousands of "volunteer" developers that form communities around these technologies, expanding the collective knowledge base with supplemental technology, books, tutorials, examples, recommendations, and troubleshooting tips.

I must especially thank one "volunteer" developer, Matt Lewis from the UK. Matt created diozero, the technology used in this book to provide Java access to devices connected to a Raspberry Pi. During my investigation of such technologies, he helped me learn diozero, and we became colleagues. As a result of our collaboration, he enhanced his already great technology; he reviewed two key book chapters; he wrote an important appendix. Without Matt's herculean efforts, the book would have been harder to write, harder to understand, and harder to apply to the real world.

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About the Author

Greg Flurry

, an IBM employee for 40 years, retired as a Distinguished Engineer in 2013. At IBM, his roles included research, product development, and client services. While at IBM, Greg authored over 50 articles in both IBM and non-IBM publications on topics ranging from getting started in Java programming to designing enterprise system architectures; he was granted over 30 patents worldwide.

After retiring, Greg explored robotics. He used the Raspberry Pi as the brain in autonomous robots, initially programming in Python. As the robots became more complex, he yearned for Java and professional development tools. In 2015, he began using Java and Eclipse on a workstation for robotics projects. In 2017, he began using Java on the Raspberry Pi, with NetBeans on a workstation, for robotics projects. Greg continues to use Java and NetBeans to build complex robotics systems based on the Raspberry Pi.

About the Technical Reviewer

Joshua Willman

is a software engineer with more than 12 years of experience developing applications in Python, Java, and C++. His career has allowed him to participate in many different fields, from robotics, machine learning, and computer vision to UI development, game development, and more.

In recent years, his passion for programming and all things visual has allowed him to participate in numerous projects. These include designing educational courses for mobile robotics and computer vision using Arduino and Raspberry Pi, building GUI applications, and working as a solo indie game developer. He currently works as a freelance developer, a technical writer, and a content creator (learning web development in his spare time in order to build his own platform, redhuli.io). When hes not working, he enjoys tinkering on robotics projects and spending time with his wonderful wife and daughter.

He is also the author of two books with Apress:

• Beginning PyQt: A Hands-on Approach to GUI Programming

• Modern PyQt: Create GUI Applications for Project Management, Computer Vision, and Data Analysis

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G. Flurry Java on the Raspberry Pi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7264-0_1

1. Motivations

Greg Flurry

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Austin, TX, USA

This book primarily focuses on using the Raspberry Pi and Java for robotics projects and Internet of Things (IoT) projects. A secondary focus is remote code development using Apache NetBeans . Ive found the combination of the Raspberry Pi, Java, and NetBeans to be a very powerful and productive means of developing robotics projects. I believe the combination applies to IoT projects as well. In this chapter, Ill discuss the motivation, in the context of robotics and IoT projects , for

• Using the Raspberry Pi as the primary provider of computing resources

• Using Java as the primary programming language

• Using Apache NetBeans for remote development of Java programs running on the Raspberry Pi

Before discussing motivations in depth, I want to emphasize something very important. Most of this book explores finding or creating support for the devices used in robotics and IoT projects. As a consequence, much of the device-related material applies even if you dont do remote development, dont use NetBeans, dont use Java, or dont use the Raspberry Pi.

That said, on to motivations!

Why the Raspberry Pi?

To understand why the Raspberry Pi is a great match for robotics and IoT projects, we must explore the needs of such projects. I wont delve too deeply into the definition of the term

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