A combo hardware software project that allows one to open and close a garage door remotely via rest.
Raspberry Pi Flask web microframework RPi.GPIO hardware integration 2x Low voltage activated relays rated to 25V (this garage door runs on 16V) some solder, some wire, and raspi case.
The RasPi was used just like a server wherein it's plugged in and always on and listening on port 8080 on my internal network.
The hardware uses two pins, and a graound from the RasPi GPIO block that are controlled via rest enpoint to toggle on and off when poked.
Through the nifty world of python metaclassing, you can run this in isolation without a raspberry pi attached. Any call that would hit the hardware layer now just logs.
It is recommended that you use virtualenv and pip. Once you get into your virtual environment, pip install -r requirements.txt and you are ready to run.
To run the unit tests (which are the best way to get to know the project anyway)
python -m unittest [discover | name of the specific unit test]
Happy coding!