Tag: raspbian

Update Wireless Info on Raspberry Pi

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post on how to configure wireless info on a raspberry pi. To start with, open the config file:

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

You can then add any number of connections to the file with varying priorities:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=AU

network={
        ssid="Mobile Network"
        psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        priority=2
}

network={
        ssid="Home Network"
        psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        priority=10
}

Then save the file. Your raspberry pi will now connect to the network with the highest priority first (home network), when that’s not available it will use the network with the lower priority (mobile network).

The official doco is actually pretty good for this use case if you need more info: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md

AttributeError: module ‘serial’ has no attribute ‘SerialException’ – Python 3.5

Hi everyone,

A quick fix for an error I ran into while updating to Pyhton 3.5.2:

AttributeError: module 'serial' has no attribute 'SerialException'

I needed to add pyserial:

pi@raspberrypi:~/Desktop/piscripts/get-commands $ sudo pip3.5 install pyserial
Collecting pyserial
  Downloading pyserial-3.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (193kB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 194kB 530kB/s
Installing collected packages: pyserial
Successfully installed pyserial-3.4

Thanks to the following link: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47562659/522859

Could not find a version that satisfied the requirement smbus/python3-smbus

Hi everyone,

I ran into a bit of an issue installing smbus on Python3.5. It looks like all you have to do is use smbus2:

pip3.5 install smbus2

Collecting smbus2
Downloading smbus2-0.2.0.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: smbus2
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for smbus2 … done
Stored in directory: /root/.cache/pip/wheels/90/71/b4/9f90d8e2d0349ab55fef07169a81bd8f925965f16174e2f809
Successfully built smbus2
Installing collected packages: smbus2
Successfully installed smbus2-0.2.0

Thanks to the following link: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=192909

Pillow Install Fails – Python 3.5.2

Hi everyone,

Pillow install fails

I ran into a bit of an issue trying to install Pillow on Raspbian with Python 3.5.2. The full error is below, but the solution was simply to install the following:

sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev
sudo pip3.5 install pillow

sudo pip3.5 install pillow
Collecting pillow
Using cached Pillow-4.3.0.tar.gz
Requirement already satisfied: olefile in /usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from pillow)
Installing collected packages: pillow
Running setup.py install for pillow … error
Complete output from command /usr/local/bin/python3.5 -u -c “import setuptools, tokenize;__file__=’/tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/setup.py’;f=getattr(tokenize, ‘open’, open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace(‘rn’, ‘n’);f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, ‘exec’))” install –record /tmp/pip-xp_x4w_5-record/install-record.txt –single-version-externally-managed –compile:
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5
creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/MicImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageMath.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/WebPImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImagePath.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageGrab.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/SunImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageEnhance.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageMorph.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/XpmImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/FtexImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/WmfImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/FitsStubImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageDraw2.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/IptcImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/_binary.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/MpoImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/Hdf5StubImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/Image.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/MspImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageWin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GimpPaletteFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageTk.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PSDraw.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/McIdasImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/SgiImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageStat.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageChops.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PdfImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/features.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PcfFontFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PcxImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageOps.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImagePalette.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/TgaImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageSequence.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/_util.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/TiffTags.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/BmpImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ExifTags.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PyAccess.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PpmImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageCms.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PaletteFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/XVThumbImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/IcoImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageFilter.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageFont.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GifImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GbrImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/XbmImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PngImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/FontFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/_tkinter_finder.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/DcxImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/OleFileIO.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/SpiderImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GribStubImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/MpegImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PalmImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/BdfFontFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GimpGradientFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PsdImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/WalImageFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PcdImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/version.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/FpxImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageQt.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/Jpeg2KImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageDraw.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/GdImageFile.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ContainerIO.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/CurImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/FliImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageMode.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/JpegPresets.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/PixarImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageColor.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/BufrStubImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageTransform.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImageShow.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/TarIO.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
copying PIL/ImtImagePlugin.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-3.5/PIL
running egg_info
writing dependency_links to Pillow.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing requirements to Pillow.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to Pillow.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing Pillow.egg-info/PKG-INFO
warning: manifest_maker: standard file ‘-c’ not found

reading manifest file ‘Pillow.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’
reading manifest template ‘MANIFEST.in’
warning: no files found matching ‘*.sh’
no previously-included directories found matching ‘docs/_static’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘.coveragerc’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘codecov.yml’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘.editorconfig’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘.landscape.yaml’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘.travis’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘.travis/*’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘appveyor.yml’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘build_children.sh’
warning: no previously-included files found matching ‘tox.ini’
warning: no previously-included files matching ‘.git*’ found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching ‘*.pyc’ found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching ‘*.so’ found anywhere in distribution
writing manifest file ‘Pillow.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’
running build_ext

The headers or library files could not be found for jpeg,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/setup.py”, line 787, in
zip_safe=not (debug_build() or PLATFORM_MINGW), )
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/core.py”, line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py”, line 955, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py”, line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py”, line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/command/install.py”, line 539, in run
self.run_command(‘build’)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/cmd.py”, line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py”, line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/command/build.py”, line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/cmd.py”, line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py”, line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.5/distutils/command/build_ext.py”, line 338, in run
self.build_extensions()
File “/tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/setup.py”, line 577, in build_extensions
raise RequiredDependencyException(f)
__main__.RequiredDependencyException: jpeg

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
File “/tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/setup.py”, line 799, in
raise RequiredDependencyException(msg)
__main__.RequiredDependencyException:

The headers or library files could not be found for jpeg,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

—————————————-
Command “/usr/local/bin/python3.5 -u -c “import setuptools, tokenize;__file__=’/tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/setup.py’;f=getattr(tokenize, ‘open’, open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace(‘rn’, ‘n’);f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, ‘exec’))” install –record /tmp/pip-xp_x4w_5-record/install-record.txt –single-version-externally-managed –compile” failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-inj0l_9q/pillow/

Thanks to the comment on the following Stackoverflow post for the solution: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34631976/522859

Check Tensorflow Version – Raspbian

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post on how to check the Tensorflow version on Raspbian with a one-liner (assumes Python 3.x):


python3 -c 'import tensorflow as tf; print(tf.__version__)'

Check out this Stackoverflow post for more info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38549357/522859

Start a Script on Startup – Raspberry Pi

Hey guys,

Just thought I’d leave a couple of links to some guides I came across for setting up boot scripts on a raspberry pi.

Quick guide on how to get them running: http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Launch-Python-script-on-startup/

How to delay the boot process until the network is available: https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/45774

Exit Raspberry Pi Camera Preview

Hey everyone,

I ran into a bit of a weird issue with a raspberry pi camera preview today. After starting the preview I hit an uncaught exception which meant that exitPreview was never called.

To get around this use the terminal hotkey and kill the python process. Note that while you won’t be able to see the terminal, it will be running in the background.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=152239&p=998212
ctrl + alt + t
pkill python
pkill python3