Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero

Marco Schwartz

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Année: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781786466952
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Ciencia de la computación
• Sous-sujet: Hardware

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!

Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero

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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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Credits

Author

Marco Schwartz

Reviewer

Vasilis Tzivaras

Commissioning Editor

Kartikey Pandey

Acquisition Editor

Prachi Bisht

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...