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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino - Second Edition

By : Andrew K. Dennis
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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino - Second Edition

By: Andrew K. Dennis

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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino - Second Edition
Andrew K. Dennis
Feb, 2015 | 148 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino Second Edition
Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Home Automation
An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Home Automation
History and background of the Raspberry Pi
History and background of the Arduino
What is home automation?
Summary
2
Getting Started – Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Getting Started – Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi and Arduino
The SD card – our Raspberry Pi's storage device
Preinstalled SD card versus a blank SD card
A note on Noobs
Downloading Raspbian
Setting up the SD card and installing Raspbian
Arduino
Summary
3
Central Air and Heating Thermostat
Central Air and Heating Thermostat
Safety first
Introducing the thermostat
Setting up our hardware
Setting up our software
Testing our thermostat and fan
Next steps
Summary
4
Temperature Storage – Setting Up a Database to Store Your Results
Temperature Storage – Setting Up a Database to Store Your Results
SSH
SQLite
HTSQL
Summary
5
Parcel Delivery Detector
Parcel Delivery Detector
Wiring up the parcel sensor
Updating the Raspberry Pi database
A web-based Python application
Installing the parcel detector
Next steps
Summary
6
Curtain Automation – Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light
Curtain Automation – Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light
Introduction to the Arduino bridge shield
Setting up the photoresistor
Wiring up the components
Testing the photoresistor with software
Setting up the motor shield
Wiring the components to the shield
Curtain control application
Connecting to your blinds/curtains
Next steps
Summary
7
Water/Damp Detection – Check for Damp/Flooding in Sheds and Basements
Water/Damp Detection – Check for Damp/Flooding in Sheds and Basements
A brief note on dampness
Damp detection system
Database updates
Python code
Using the humidity reading
Water detection
Summary
8
Wrapping Up
Wrapping Up
A brief review of the second edition of Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino
Next steps
Ideas for future projects
The future of home automation
Summary
References
References
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi to Arduino bridge shield
Linux
Python
C/C++
Arduino
SQL
HTSQL
Electronics
Packt Publishing titles
Home automation technology
3D printing
Index
Index

Setting up the photoresistor

We are going to start by wiring up our photoresistor and testing it with software that uses the arduPi library. Once we have tested it, we can hook it up with the motor shield and use the values it returns to turn the motor on and off.

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