Raspberry Pi Home Automation With Arduino · 2nd Edition by Dennis, Andrew K. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino Second Edition

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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. An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Home Automation

History and background of the Raspberry Pi History and background of the Arduino

Raspberry Pi to Arduino shield connection bridge Soldering Creating software for the Arduino

What is home automation?

History of home automation X10 – a standard is born The dot-com boom and open source – a new set of technologies Commercial products Arrival of the Raspberry Pi

Summary

2. 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

Raspberry Pi SSH setup

Arduino

Installing the IDE on your Raspberry Pi A quick guide to the Arduino IDE Using the Arduino to Raspberry Pi connection bridge

Summary

3. Central Air and Heating Thermostat

Safety first Introducing the thermostat Setting up our hardware

Adding the Ethernet shield Relays Connecting the thermistor

Setting up our software

Thermostat software

Testing our thermostat and fan

Attaching the fan Starting your thermostat application Testing the JSON response

Next steps

Attaching the device to your heating system or a similar appliance

Adding a potentiometer Adding an LCD screen

Summary

4. Temperature Storage – Setting Up a Database to Store Your Results

SSH SQLite

Installing SQLite Version 3.x Creating a database

A table to record our temperature A table to record our rooms

Writing SQL queries Creating a Python application to write to our database

Checking the results Adding a cron job

HTSQL

Downloading HTSQL Configuring HTSQL

Summary

5. Parcel Delivery Detector

Wiring up the parcel sensor

An introduction to resistors

Pressure sensor – force-sensing resistor 10K ohm resistor

Connecting the components to the Arduino Writing our software

Updating the Raspberry Pi database A web-based Python application

Setting up SMTP Our Python application

Starting the web service Testing our application

Installing the parcel detector

Testing the complete setup

Next steps

Upgrading from Ethernet to a wireless system Checking the shipping details Replacing the pressure sensor with a camera and image recognition

Summary

6. Curtain Automation – Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light

Introduction to the Arduino bridge shield

Installing arduPi

Photoresistors Motor shield and motors

Setting up the photoresistor Wiring up the components Testing the photoresistor with software

Makefiles

Setting up the motor shield Wiring the components to the shield Curtain control application

Pulse width modulation Threads Writing our code

Connecting to your blinds/curtains

Setting the timing Attaching the hardware Debugging problems

Next steps

Mounting the photoresistor outdoors Adding a stepper motor

Summary

7. Water/Damp Detection – Check for Damp/Flooding in Sheds and Basements

A brief note on dampness Damp detection system

Arduino circuit Sketch code

Database updates Python code

Adding a cron job

Using the humidity reading

Adding an LED alert

Blinking LED code Expanding the LED functionality

Connecting a dehumidifier

Water detection Summary

8. Wrapping Up

A brief review of the second edition of Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino Next steps

The prototyping Pi Plate The wiringPi library The Gertboard Introduction to the Gertboard components

GPIO PCB expansion board GPIO pins Motor controller The open collector drivers Buffered I/O Atmel ATmega microcontroller Convertors – analog to digital and digital to analog Creating software for the Gertboard

Ideas for future projects

Expanding the curtain automation tool to include temperature sensing Changing the motor on the curtain automation project to a stepper motor Switching lights on with a photoresistor Holiday lights from LEDs

The future of home automation

3D printing RFID chips EEG headsets

Summary

A. 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

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