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Arduino Home Automation Projects

You're reading from   Arduino Home Automation Projects Automate your home using the powerful Arduino platform.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783986064
Length 132 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Wireless XBee Motion Detectors 2. Control Lights from Your Phone or Tablet FREE CHAPTER 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

Fabricating the board


When the design step is over, it is time to fabricate the board, order the components, and build it. In this section, we are going to see how to do each of these steps.

For the first step, I usually use the services of OSH Park to build my boards in a small series. It's cheap, fast, and you can send your EAGLE design files directly without having to convert them to another format. You can also use the services from other manufacturers, such as Seeedstudio or Iteadstudio. The link to access the manufacturing services of OSH Park is as follows:

https://oshpark.com/

From the main page, it is really easy to get your board fabricated. You just have to upload your EAGLE board file and the website will automatically analyze it. You will then be taken to the following confirmation page:

You will then be asked to enter some more details, and you will be able to order and pay for your board. About two weeks later, you will receive it in your mail.

For the second step, which is ordering...

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