The Raspberry Pi-enabled Pet/Wildlife Monitor - Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects - page 173

Objective complete - mini debriefing
That's it. You now have Spark Core, all set up and ready to go, with your username, and your
own page to download apps and collect and transmit data through the Core.
Installing and testing the Google
Coder project on the Raspberry Pi
This is probably the simplest stage of the project as you should be familiar with seing up
the Raspberry Pi for first use.
The Google Coder is a tool released by Google that enables people to learn web
development using the Raspberry Pi. It is a tool that provides an intuiive learning process.
After installing the Google Coder tool, we will test interfacing the GPIO pins of the Raspberry
Pi to the web interface.
Prepare for lift off
We need to download the Google Coder image from its repository. The Google Coder image
is available at http://googlecreativelab.github.io/coder/ .
Engage thrusters
1. Let's get started with seing up Google Coder for the Raspberry Pi. Once the image
is downloaded, we have to install the image onto an SD card. If you are not familiar
with the installaion of the Raspbian image onto an SD card, the irst project of this
topic is really helpful (we think!).
2. Once the Raspberry Pi is powered up after flashing the SD card, MacBook users may
launch the tool from a browser by going t o http://coder.local .
3. Windows users have to install Apple's Bonjour Print Services for Windows ( http://
support.apple.com/kb/DL999 ). Once installed, the Google Coder tool can be
launched using a Chrome browser. Now, the Google Coder plaform can be accessed
at http://coder.local .