Wheelie - Set Up

Download Raspberry Pi OS from this link.
Flash the image to the SD Card you plan on using with the Pi.
If you're using Raspberry Pi Imager a. You need to select the Drive (MicroSDHC in this case). b. Choose the OS Version you want to install (Raspbian 32 Bit in this case). c. Click on 'Flash'.
If you have the OS image file (.img) you need to install Balena Etcher and follow along the same steps as listed in 2.1.
Connect the SD Card to your computer again and follow these steps to connect the Pi to your WiFi

In the root folder of the SD Card, create a file named wpa_supplicant.conf and add the following lines of code to it:

country=us
update_config=1
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="SSID"
psk="Password"
}

Create another file named ssh without any extensions. These will help us connect with the Raspberry Pi using PuTTY and an Ethernet Cable. Make sure that you create these files using Notepad++ or VS Code, using notepad might break the file.

Take the SD Card and insert it in the slot given in the Raspberry Pi. Connect the Ethernet Cable to both the Pi and the Computer and then connect the Pi to power supply.
Open PuTTY and connect using pi@raspberrypi.local or the IP Address of the Pi if you're able to fetch it from your router and add it in the "Host Name" field. Make sure that you are on Port 22.
Login using pi as the username and raspberry as the password. You can change these later.
Run the following set of commands to install and upgrade the libraries required for this project:

sudo apt-get upgrade
pip3 install twilio
pip3 install RPi.GPIO

Clone this repository using git clone https://www.github.com/aaishikasb/Hack-Empowered.git. Then execute cd Hack-Empowered to move into the directory.
Make changes to the raspberry-pi-code.py file to include your own Twilio Credentials, the one's currently in the file are invalid by the time you read this so it won't work. Find your credentials on the Twilio Console.
Execute the script by using python3 raspberry-pi-code.py.

All set!

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