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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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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

Wiring up the components


Our first task is to set up our circuit. This process is very similar to the way you created the FSR circuit in Chapter 5, Parcel Delivery Detector.

You'll need your resistor, photoresistor, three wires (black, red, and yellow are used in the explanation), and the breadboard. Follow these steps to wire up the components:

  • Take the red wire and connect it from the 5V pin on the shield to the supply voltage on the breadboard.

  • Next, connect the black wire from the ground pin on the Raspberry Pi to Arduino bridge shield to the ground on the breadboard.

  • As we did with the FSR circuit before, we will now connect a resistor to the breadboard. Connect one pin of your resistor to the supply voltage strip that your red wire is connected to, and then connect the other end to a terminal strip.

  • We can now connect our photoresistor. Insert one leg of the photoresistor into the ground on the bus strip, and place the second leg into the same row as you placed the resistor.

  • Finally, connect...

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