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84 lines
2.5 KiB
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Dog Trainer
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A device that allows dogs to speak. Click on the picture to see the video with the `dog-trainer` in action
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Hardware
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Connect buttons to the Rarspberry pi GPIO as shown in the schema to debounce noisy buttons
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Operating system
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Install `Raspberry Pi Imager` into your notebook. Launch it and choose `Raspberry Pi OS Lite` to write into the microSD card
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Power on the Raspberry pi and finish the installation process. Log into its console using either:
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- ethernet/wifi from your notebook: `ssh pi@raspberrypi`
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- connected keyboard and monitor
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- serial port
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How to install
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Once you are logged into the `Raspberry pi` console clone the `dog-trainer` source code into your home directory
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> `git clone https://gitea.virtonline.eu/2HoursProject/dog-trainer.git --depth 1`
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Go into the newly created directory
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> `cd ~/dog-trainer`
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Dependencies
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The recordings must be edited a little bit so some audio processing tool is needed. Install `ffmpeg` which will do the job
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> `apt install -y ffmpeg`
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Configuration
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If your sound device is other then USB type then modify and adapt the line `hw:CARD=USB,DEV=0` in ALSA config
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> `nano .asoundrc`
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Install the ALSA config file
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> `mv .asoundrc ~/`
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Run it!
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Just run
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> `python3 dog-trainer.py`
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Pres `Ctrl+c` to exit
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Make it a service to automaticaly run in the backgroud
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If your `$HOME` directory is other then `/home/pi` then modify the systemd service file
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> `sed -i "s#/home/pi#$HOME#g" dog-trainer.service`
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If your username and group is other then `pi` and `pi` then also run
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> `sed -i "s#User=pi#User=$USER#" dog-trainer.service`
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`sed -i "s#Group=pi#Group=$(id -gn)#" dog-trainer.service`
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Install the systemd service file
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> `sudo mv dog-trainer.service /etc/systemd/system/`
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Reload systemd manager configuration
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> `systemctl daemon-reload`
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Enable the `dog-trainer` service at boot time and also run it
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> `systemctl enable --now dog-trainer`
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If it does not work check logs
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> `journalctl -f -u dog-trainer`
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Set volume for playback and recording
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Launch soundcard mixer
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> `alsamixer`
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Press F6 to select a soundcard. Find your USB sound device in the list e.g. `Jabra Speak 410 USB`. Press F4 and use up/down arrow keys to set recording volume and repeat also for the playback (F3). Press ESC fo exit. |