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Home Automation with Intel Galileo

You're reading from   Home Automation with Intel Galileo Create thrilling and intricate home automation projects using Intel Galileo

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785285776
Length 188 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Onur Dundar Onur Dundar
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Intel Galileo 2. Getting Started with Home Automation Applications FREE CHAPTER 3. Energy Management with Environmental and Electrical Sensors 4. Energy Management with Light Sensors and Extending Use Cases 5. Home Monitoring with Common Security Sensors 6. Home Surveillance and Extending Security Use Cases 7. Building Applications and Customizing Linux for Home Automation 8. Extending Use Cases Index

Summary

In this chapter, we covered home automation and some details of existing technologies.

First, we defined the home automation concept. Then, we followed up by looking at existing technologies used to build Smart Homes. We introduced X10, Insteon, EnOcean, Z-Wave, and ZigBee, along with links to their official web pages.

We also spoke about open source software projects for home automation. We went through some of them and found out useful information about these projects. Then, we proceeded to discuss a couple of existing devices used for home automation.

Finally, using this knowledge of the relevant technologies and devices, we designed our home automation project.

Now, it is time to play with some home automation gadgets in order to learn more about Intel Galileo. In the following chapter, we will make some small projects with Intel Galileo to measure the temperature and humidity of our home with a sensor connected to Intel Galileo. Then, we will communicate with a wall plug using...

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