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Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero
About this book
Build revolutionary and incredibly useful home automation projects with the all-new Pi Zero
About This Book
- Create and program home automation projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero board
- Connect your Raspberry Pi Zero to a cloud API, and then build a cloud dashboard to control your devices
- Integrate all the projects into a complex project to automate key aspects of your home: data monitoring, devices control, and security
Who This Book Is For
This book is for enthusiasts and programmers who want to build powerful and inexpensive home automation projects using the Raspberry Pi zero, and to transform their home into a smart home. It is for those who are new to the field of home automation, or who already have experience with other platforms such as Arduino.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to measure and store data using the Raspberry Pi Zero board
- Control LED lights, lamps, and other electrical applications
- Send automated notifications by e-mail, SMS, or push notifications
- Connect motion detectors, cameras, and alarms
- Create automated alerts using Raspberry Pi Zero boards
- Control devices using cloud-based services
- Build a complete home automation system using Pi Zero
In Detail
The release of the Raspberry Pi Zero has completely amazed the tech community. With the price, form factor, and being high on utility—the Raspberry Pi Zero is the perfect companion to support home automation projects and makes IoT even more accessible.
With this book, you will be able to create and program home automation projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero board. The book will teach you how to build a thermostat that will automatically regulate the temperature in your home. Another important topic in home automation is controlling electrical appliances, and you will learn how to control LED Lights, lamps, and other electrical applications.
Moving on, we will build a smart energy meter that can measure the power of the appliance, and you'll learn how to switch it on and off. You'll also see how to build simple security system, composed of alarms, a security camera, and motion detectors. At the end, you will integrate everything what you learned so far into a more complex project to automate the key aspects of your home.
By the end, you will have deepened your knowledge of the Raspberry Pi Zero, and will know how to build autonomous home automation projects.
Style and approach
This book takes a step-by-step approach to automate your home like never before!
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Information
Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero
Table of Contents
Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
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. Configuring Your Raspberry Pi Zero Board
Introducing the Raspberry Pi Zero board
Required components for the Zero board
Assembling the different components
Installing Raspbian
Configuring the board for remote access
Installing Node.js
Summary
2. Measure Data Using Your Raspberry Pi Zero Board
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Software configuration
Reading data from the sensor
Storing sensor data
Accessing the data remotely
Plotting the stored data
Summary
3. Building a Smart Home Thermostat
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Testing individual components
Building the thermostat
Controlling the thermostat remotely
Summary
4. Controlling Appliances fromthe Raspberry Pi Zero
Hardware and software requirements
Controlling LEDs
Controlling the speed of a DC motor
Controlling home appliances
Summary
5. Making a Smart Plug with the Raspberry Pi Zero
Hardware and software requirements
Hardware configuration
Configuring the smart plug
Creating an interface for the smart plug
Logging your energy consumption over time
Summary
6. Sending Notifications using Raspberry Pi Zero
Hardware and software requirements
Making a motion sensor that sends text messages
Sending temperature alerts through email
Receiving measurement SATA through push notifications
Summary
7. Use the Raspberry Pi Zero to Build a Security System
Hardware and software requirements
Building a motion sensor with the Pi Zero
Making a simple alarm module
Building a wireless security camera
Creating a security system
Summary
8. Monitor Your Home from the Cloud
Hardware and software requirements
Monitoring data from a cloud dashboard
Creating a cloud dashboard for your devices
Accessing your security camera from anywhere
Summary
9. Control Appliances from Anywhere
Hardware and software requirements
Control a LED from anywhere in the world
Creating several lamps from the cloud
Make a motion-activated lamp using IFTTT
Build an automated cloud thermostat
Summary
10. Building a Home Automation System with Raspberry Pi Zero Boards
Hardware and software requirements
Building all the modules
Configuring the modules
Integrating the modules into a single interface
Automating your home
Accessing your home automation system from anywhere
Summary
Index
Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero
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First published: October 2016
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Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.
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Credits
Author
Marco Schwartz
Reviewer
Vasilis Tzivaras
Commissioning Editor
Kartikey Pandey
Acquisition Editor
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Content Development Editor
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Technical Editors
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Copy Editors
Safis Editing
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Project Coordinator
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Proofreader
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Indexer
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Graphics
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Production Coordinator
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Cover Work
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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 the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
He has more than five years of experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. Marco's interests gravitate around electronics, home automation, the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing.
He has several websites about Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website, which is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware.
Marco has written another book on home automation and Arduino, called Home Automation With Arduino: Automate Your Home Using Open-source Hardware. He has also written a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with Arduino, called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, by Packt Publishing.
About the Reviewer
Vasilis Tzivaras is a software developer and hardware engineer who lives in Ioannina, Greece. He is currently an undergraduate student of the department of computer science and engineering at Ioannina. Along with his studies, he is working on many projects relevant to robotics, such as drones, home automation, and smart home systems using Arduino and the Raspberry Pi. He is also enthusiastic about clean energy solutions and cultural innovation ideas.
He has worked for the University Hospital of Ioannina as an assistant for various computer issues and ha...
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