Maker Station

Powering your maker prototypes + some extra fun with HUE

Setup

Setup python and i2c on the pi

	sudo apt-get update
	
	sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip git
	
	sudo pip3 install smbus2
	
	sudo apt-get install -y i2c-tools

Setup hue

Install the phue lib

	sudo pip3 install phue

Set an environ var of HUE_BRIDGE_IP to the IP of your hue bridge

Set an environ var of HUE_BRIDGE_USERNAME to an authorized username from your Hue.

To get a username from your hue: https://www.sitebase.be/generate-phillips-hue-api-token/

Setup megaio

This will setup megaio from the command line and for use by python

	~$ git clone https://github.com/SequentMicrosystems/megaio-rpi.git
	
	~$ cd megaio-rpi/
	
	~/megaio-rpi$ sudo make install