Enabling Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi

This post shows steps to enable Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi. While there is already a comprehensive tutorial on Amazon Alexa official site [1], this post focuses on doing the same with minimal setup.   Example Setup Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 3 B+) running Raspbian Stretch (Nov. 2018) USB Microphone (SunFounder USB 2.0 Mini Mic) 3.5 mm… Continue reading “Enabling Amazon Alexa on Raspberry Pi”

Controlling LEDs on Raspberry Pi using Voice with Amazon Echo

The goal of this post is to create an Alexa skill [1] that controls three LEDs (red, yellow, and green) connected to Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. The skill will enable to turn ON/OFF each LED by specifying the color of light and the ON/OFF status via voice command.   Prerequisites (parentheses indicate my environment) Raspberry Pi… Continue reading “Controlling LEDs on Raspberry Pi using Voice with Amazon Echo”