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Arduino Home Automation Projects

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Product type Book
Published in Jul 2014
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781783986064
Pages 132 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Marco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Supélec, France, and a master's degree in micro engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He has more than five years' experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. Marco's interests center around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing. He has several websites about the Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website, which is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware. Marco has written another book on home automation and the Arduino, called Home Automation With Arduino: Automate Your Home Using Open-source Hardware. He has also written a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with the Arduino, called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, by Packt Publishing.
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Arduino Home Automation Projects
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Building Wireless XBee Motion Detectors 2. Control Lights from Your Phone or Tablet 3. Measuring the Temperature Using Bluetooth 4. Weather Station in the Cloud with Xively 5. Monitor Your Energy Consumption in the Cloud 6. Hack a Commercial Home Automation Device 7. Build Your Own Home Automation System Index

Index

A

  • Adafruit CC3000 library
    • URL, for documentation / Hardware and software requirements
  • Arduino
    • PIR sensor, interfacing with / Interfacing the PIR sensor with Arduino
    • URL, for forum / Building a graphical interface
  • Arduino R3 board
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements
  • Arduino sketch
    • creating / Creating the Arduino sketch
    • URL / Creating the Arduino sketch
  • Arduino system
    • building, from scratch / Building an Arduino system from scratch
    • testing / Testing the Arduino system
  • Arduino Uno R3
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements
  • Arduino XBee shield
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • aREST library
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements

B

  • Blink sketch / Building an Arduino system from scratch
  • Bluefruit EZ-link Bluetooth module
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • Bluetooth board
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • Bluetooth module
    • about / Hardware and software requirements
  • board
    • fabricating / Fabricating the board
  • Breadboard
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements

C

  • CC3000 chip library
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • CC3000 mDNS library
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements
  • CC3000 Wi-Fi module
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements
  • COM, relay pin / Hardware configuration
  • commercial device hacking
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • hardware configuration / Hardware configuration
    • device, conrolling from computer / Controlling the device from your computer
    • graphical interface, building / Building a graphical interface

D

  • delay() function / Testing the Arduino system
  • DHT11 sensor and resistor
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements
  • DHT library
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • digitalRead() command / Interfacing the PIR sensor with Arduino

E

  • EAGLE
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements, Designing a PCB for your home automation system
  • energy consumption monitoring project
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • hardware connections, creating / Making hardware connections
    • testing / Testing the project
    • Xively account, configuring / Configuring your Xively account
    • power consumption data, sending to Xively / Sending power consumption data to Xively

G

  • GitHub repository
    • URL, for code / Testing the relays and Wi-Fi connection, Testing the graphical interface
  • graphical interface
    • building, for XBee motion detectors / Building a graphical interface for your XBee motion detectors
    • building, for controlling relays / Building a graphical interface to control the relays
    • testing / Testing the graphical interface

H

  • home automation system project
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • Arduino system, building from scratch / Building an Arduino system from scratch
    • Arduino system, testing / Testing the Arduino system
    • PCB, designing for / Designing a PCB for your home automation system
    • board, fabricating / Fabricating the board
    • case, designing for / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
    • case, 3D printing for / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project

I

  • Iteadstudio / Fabricating the board

J

  • JeeLib Arduino library
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements
  • Jumper wires
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements, Hardware and software requirements

L

  • lights controlling project
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • hardware configuration / Hardware configuration
  • local fab lab
    • URL / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project

N

  • Newark
    • about / Fabricating the board
    • URL / Fabricating the board
  • normally closed (NC), relay pin / Hardware configuration
  • normally opened (NO), relay pin / Hardware configuration

O

  • Open Home Automation blog
    • URL / Building a graphical interface
  • OpenSCAD
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements, Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
    • URL, for documentation / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
  • OSH Park
    • URL / Fabricating the board

P

  • PCB
    • designing, for home automation system / Designing a PCB for your home automation system
  • Personal Area Network (PAN) ID / Programming an XBee motion detector
  • Photocell
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • PIR sensor
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
    • interfacing, with Arduino / Interfacing the PIR sensor with Arduino
  • Polulu 5V relay
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • Polulu 5V relay module
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • power cables
    • relay module, connecting to / Hardware configuration
  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) / Hardware and software requirements
  • printed circuit board (PCB) / Hardware and software requirements
  • Python 2.7
    • about / Hardware and software requirements
    • URL, for downloading / Hardware and software requirements
  • Python serial library
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
    • URL, for installation instructions / Hardware and software requirements

R

  • relay module
    • connecting, to power cables / Hardware configuration
  • relays
    • about / Hardware and software requirements
    • URL, for information / Hardware and software requirements
    • testing / Testing the relays and Wi-Fi connection
    • controlling / Building a graphical interface to control the relays
  • REST / Programming an XBee motion detector

S

  • Sculpteo
    • about / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
    • URL / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
  • Seeedstudio / Fabricating the board
  • sensors
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
    • URL, for working / Hardware and software requirements
  • Series 1 XBee module
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • Shapeways
    • about / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
    • URL / Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
  • Software as a Service (SaaS) / Programming an XBee motion detector
  • SparkFun
    • URL, for products / Hardware and software requirements

T

  • temperature measurement, with Bluetooth module project
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • hardware configuration / Hardware configuration
    • Arduino sketch, creating / Creating the Arduino sketch
    • temperature, testing / Testing the temperature and humidity sensor
    • humidity sensor, testing / Testing the temperature and humidity sensor
    • temperature, measuring remotely / Measuring the temperature and humidity remotely
    • humidity, measuring remotely / Measuring the temperature and humidity remotely
  • TinyCircuits
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • TinyDuino processor board
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • TinyShield proto board
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • TinyShield USB & ICP
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • Tkinter module
    • URL, for official documentation page / Measuring the temperature and humidity remotely

U

  • 10 uF capacitor
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • UART / Programming an XBee motion detector

W

  • Weather Station project
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • components, connecting / Connecting the different components
    • sensors, testing / Testing the sensors
    • Arduino sketch, building / Building the Arduino sketch
    • data, displaying on Xively / Log in and display data on Xively
    • logging in, on Xively / Log in and display data on Xively
  • Wi-Fi connection
    • testing / Testing the relays and Wi-Fi connection
  • Wireless XBee Motion Detectors
    • hardware requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • software requisites / Hardware and software requirements
    • hardware configuration / Hardware configuration

X

  • XBee explorer USB
    • URL / Hardware and software requirements
  • XBee module / Hardware and software requirements
  • XBee motion detectors
    • programming / Programming an XBee motion detector
    • graphical interface, building for / Building a graphical interface for your XBee motion detectors
  • Xively account
    • setting up / Setting up your Xively account
  • Xively signup page
    • URL / Setting up your Xively account
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Marco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Supélec, France, and a master's degree in micro engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. He has more than five years' experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. Marco's interests center around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing. He has several websites about the Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website, which is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware. Marco has written another book on home automation and the Arduino, called Home Automation With Arduino: Automate Your Home Using Open-source Hardware. He has also written a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with the Arduino, called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, by Packt Publishing.
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