Arduino Networking

Marco Schwartz

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781783986866
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

Arduino is a powerful electronic prototyping platform used by over one million people around the world. The Arduino Ethernet shield is the perfect addition to the Arduino platform to get it connected to your local network and to the Web in minutes. This book covers several projects you can build using the Arduino Ethernet shield. These projects are organized in three parts. The first part of the book will cover the basics of the Ethernet shield and the Ethernet library, such as how to run an Ethernet client that sends data to a server on your computer. The second part will make the Arduino and Ethernet shield more independent by running a web server on the Arduino board. You will learn how to create, record, and visualize data using Xively service.

The last part of the book is dedicated to the topic of the Internet of Things, with projects that connect the Ethernet shield directly to the Web. You will also learn to create an account on Temboo to get access to a wide range of cloud services.

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Table of Contents

Arduino Networking

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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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. Discover the Arduino Ethernet Shield

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Testing your connection

Summary

2. Sending Data to a Web Server

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Sending data to a server

Log incoming data in a database

Displaying the results

Summary

3. Data Logging Station

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Logging data on an SD card

Creating a web server on Arduino

Plotting the data locally

Summary

4. Controlling Objects from Anywhere

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Testing the relay

Controlling the relay remotely

Controlling the relay from anywhere

Summary

5. Internet of Things with Xively

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Creating your Xively account

Sending data to Xively

Visualizing the recorded data

Summary

6. Logging Data in Google Docs

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware configuration

Setting up your Google Account

Creating your Temboo account

Logging data in a spreadsheet

Sending automated e-mails

Summary

Index

Arduino Networking

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Credits

Author

Marco Schwartz

Reviewers

C. M. Banas

Ryan Dunn

Phillip Mayhew

Tom O'Connor

Krisjanis Rijnieks

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Acquisition Editor

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Indexer

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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 SUPELEC in France, and a Master's degree in Microengineering from EPFL in 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 the Raspberry Pi platforms, open source hardware projects, and 3D printing.

He runs several websites around Arduino, including the Open Home Automation website (http://www.openhomeautomation.net/), which is dedicated to building home automation systems using open source hardware.

He has written another book, Home Automation with Arduino, Amazon Digital Services, Inc., which is a self-published Kindle book. He has also written a book on how to build Internet of Things projects with Arduino called Internet of Things with the Arduino Yun, Packt Publishing.

About the Reviewers

Ryan Dunn is a solutions architect, who specializes in web technologies and enterprise-level deployments. He currently lives in Southern Kansas City, KS.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Kansas State University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. He has worked for a variety of organizations, with his career spanning a number of industries, including e-commerce, digital marketing, SEO, education, security, and mobile.

He has been working with web technologies for over 10 years, and during this time, he has always retained an agnostic approach to the technology, which has resulted in a wide range of experience. As a solutions architect, he manages every aspect of solution deployments, including analysis, network architecture, system architecture, creative design, and development.

I have a wife, Crystal, and two children. As a result of their support, I have been able to pursue my passion for technology and am forever grateful for all their love.

Phillip Mayhew has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University. He is the founder and managing principal of Rextency Technologies LLC, which is based in Statesville, North Carolina. His primary expertise lies in software application performance testing and monitoring.

Tom O'Connor is an experienced systems architect and DevOps engineer. He lives in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom. Over the last 8 years, he has worked for a wide variety of companies, from e-commerce to video effects, and now is the owner of the company he founded, which provides systems consultancy for wireless network design and installations.

He writes a technical blog on his website that provides both tutorial articles and updates on what he's been working on. He has wide-reaching skills and experience gathered over the last 10 years of working on Windows, Linux, and Unix systems for most of that time, coupled with recent experience in designing and building high-performance computer systems.

He is also an active member of the UK DevOps community as well as a community moderator on www.serverfault.com, where he demonstrates his expertise and skills to a wide audience.

Krisjanis Rijnieks is a digital interactive media professional working with projects that involve graphic design, animation, user interface design, projection mapping, programming, and electronics. The outcome of his projects usually are websites, games, and hardware prototypes or interactive installations. He also runs workshops in the field of creative coding and projection mapping. One of his most interesting current projects is the development of a...

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