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Arduino Home Automation Projects

By : Marco Schwartz
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Arduino Home Automation Projects

By: Marco Schwartz

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Arduino Home Automation Projects
Marco Schwartz
Jul, 2014 | 132 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Arduino Home Automation Projects
Arduino Home Automation Projects
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
Building Wireless XBee Motion Detectors
Building Wireless XBee Motion Detectors
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Interfacing the PIR sensor with Arduino
Programming an XBee motion detector
Building a graphical interface for your XBee motion detectors
Summary
2
Control Lights from Your Phone or Tablet
Control Lights from Your Phone or Tablet
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Testing the relays and Wi-Fi connection
Building a graphical interface to control the relays
Testing the graphical interface
Summary
3
Measuring the Temperature Using Bluetooth
Measuring the Temperature Using Bluetooth
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Creating the Arduino sketch
Testing the temperature and humidity sensor
Measuring the temperature and humidity remotely
Summary
4
Weather Station in the Cloud with Xively
Weather Station in the Cloud with Xively
Hardware and software requirements
Connecting the different components
Testing the sensors
Setting up your Xively account
Building the Arduino sketch
Log in and display data on Xively
Summary
5
Monitor Your Energy Consumption in the Cloud
Monitor Your Energy Consumption in the Cloud
Hardware and software requirements
Making hardware connections
Testing the project
Configuring your Xively account
Sending power consumption data to Xively
Summary
6
Hack a Commercial Home Automation Device
Hack a Commercial Home Automation Device
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Controlling the device from your computer
Building a graphical interface
Summary
7
Build Your Own Home Automation System
Build Your Own Home Automation System
Hardware and software requirements
Building an Arduino system from scratch
Testing the Arduino system
Designing a PCB for your home automation system
Fabricating the board
Designing and 3D printing a case for your home automation project
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Marco Schwartz

Reviewers

Santiago Reig Chiva

Charalampos Doukas

Francis Perea

Commissioning Editor

Edward Gordon

Acquisition Editor

Harsha Bharwani

Content Development Editor

Akashdeep Kundu

Technical Editor

Edwin Moses

Copy Editors

Gladson Monteiro

Adithi Shetty

Project Coordinator

Neha Thakur

Proofreaders

Simran Bhogal

Paul Hindle

Indexers

Hemangini Bari

Tejal Soni

Production Coordinators

Aparna Bhagat

Manu Joseph

Conidon Miranda

Cover Work

Conidon Miranda

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