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. Arduino Home Automation Projects . Table of Contents Arduino Home Automation Projects Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more Why subscribe? Free access for Packt account holders Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions 1. 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 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 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 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 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 Hardware and software requirements Hardware configuration Controlling the device from your computer Building a graphical interface . Summary 7. 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 . Arduino Home Automation Projects . Arduino Home Automation Projects Copyright © 2014 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: July 2014 Production reference: 1160714 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78398-606-4 www.packtpub.com Cover image by Pratyush Mohanta (<[email protected]>) . 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 . About the Author Marco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. He has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Supélec, France, and a Master’s degree in Micro Engineering from EPFL, Switzerland. He has more than 5 years of experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. His interests gravitate around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing. He runs several websites based on Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website that is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware. He has written another book on home automation and Arduino called Home Automation with Arduino, CreateSpace. He has also published a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with Arduino called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, Packt Publishing. .
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