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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino - Second Edition

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino - Second Edition Unleash the power of the most popular microboards to build convenient, useful, and fun home automation projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784399207
Length 148 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Home Automation FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started – Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi and Arduino 3. Central Air and Heating Thermostat 4. Temperature Storage – Setting Up a Database to Store Your Results 5. Parcel Delivery Detector 6. Curtain Automation – Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light 7. Water/Damp Detection – Check for Damp/Flooding in Sheds and Basements 8. Wrapping Up A. References Index

Preinstalled SD card versus a blank SD card

Since the Raspberry Pi was released, a number of websites have been offering preloaded SD cards that come installed with one of the operating systems that are available for the Raspberry Pi. These are a good option for amateur enthusiasts looking to get started with the Raspberry Pi, who do not want to go through the setup process and are happy with a single, preloaded operating system.

Note

The official Raspberry Pi store sells a preinstalled card. You can find it at http://swag.raspberrypi.org/products/noobs-8gb-sd-card, preinstalled with New Out Of the Box Software (Noobs).

Another option is to purchase a blank SD card and follow the instructions in this chapter.

With this in mind though, if you do not have a home PC or Mac to use in order to format a blank SD card, we recommend purchasing a preformatted card. This should come loaded with the Debian Wheezy Raspbian OS, as this is the version of Linux we will be using throughout the book.

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