Smart Home Automation with Linux and Raspberry Pi, Second Edition

Smart Home Automation with Linux and Raspberry Pi, Second Edition

Smart Home Automation with Linux and Raspberry Pi shows you how to automate your lights, curtains, music, and more, and control everything via a laptop or mobile phone.

You'll learn how to use Linux, including Linux on Raspberry Pi, to control appliances and everything from kettles to curtains, including how to hack game consoles and even incorporate LEGO Mindstorms into your smart home schemes. 

You’ll discover the practicalities on wiring a house in terms of both and power and networking, along with the selection and placement of servers. There are also explanations on handling communication to (and from) your computer with speech, SMS, email, and web. Finally, you’ll see how your automated appliances can collaborate to become a smart home.

Smart Home Automation with Linux was already an excellent resource for home automation, and in this second edition, Steven Goodwin will show you how a house can be fully controlled by its occupants, all using open source software and even open source hardware like Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

What you’ll learn

• Control appliances like kettles and curtains both locally and remotely.
• Find and harness data sources to provide context-aware living.
• Hack/change existing hardware/software to better fit your needs.
• Integrate various technologies into a function greater than the whole.
• Set up a home network, for both network and audio/video traffic.
• Learn how to incorporate Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and even LEGO Mindstorms into your smart home.

Who this book is for

This book is for amateur and professional Linux users and electronics enthusiasts who want to control their homes and their gadgets.

Table of Contents

1. Appliance Control: Making Things Do Stuff 
2. Appliance Hacking: Converting Existing Technology  
3. Media Systems: Incorporating the TV and the HiFi 
4. Home is Home: The Physical Practicalities
5. Communication: Humans Talk, Computers Talk 
6. Data Sources: Making Homes Smart 
7. Control Hubs: Bringing It All Together 
8. Working with Raspberry Pi

Publication Date: June 12, 2013 | ISBN-10: 143025887X | ISBN-13: 978-1430258872 | Edition: 2

Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino

Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino

Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino

Automate your home with a set of exciting projects for the Raspberry Pi!

Overview

• Learn how to dynamically adjust your living environment with detailed step-by-step examples.
• Discover how you can utilize the combined power of the Raspberry Pi and Arduino for your own projects.
• Revolutionize the way you interact with your home on a daily basis.

In Detail

Low-cost and high-performing, with a massively diverse range of uses and applications, the Raspberry Pi is set to revolutionize the way we think about computing and programming. By combining the Raspberry Pi with an Arduino board you'll be able to revolutionize the way you interact with your home and become part of a rapidly growing group of hobbyists and enthusiasts.

This essential reference will guide you through a series of exciting projects that will allow you to automate your very own home. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step examples, diagrams, and explanations you will not only find it incredibly productive but also highly engaging and informative.

Assuming no prior knowledge, our detailed practical examples will guide you through building hardware and software solutions using the Raspberry Pi and Arduino. You will learn how you can use thermistors and relays to keep cool and stay in the shade whilst also utilizing electrical motors and photoresistors. These meticulously designed tutorials will form the basis of automating your entire home and getting you started with dozens of potential projects.

What you will learn from this book

• Install an operating system for your Raspberry Pi.
• Set up the Raspberry Pi and Arduino bridge shield.
• Learn how to work with electronic components to build small circuits.
• Develop applications that interact with your circuits.
• Use thermistors and photoresistors to monitor and control your surroundings.
• Control your own mains power with a relay shield and even connect a motor to your Raspberry Pi.

Approach

"Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino" is an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive guide for automating your home using the revolutionary ARM GNU/Linux board.

Who this book is written for

Even if you have no prior experience with the Raspberry Pi or home automation you can pick up this book and develop these amazing projects. Full of detailed step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and images this essential guide allows you to revolutionize the way you interact with your home. If you don't know where to start, then this is the perfect book for you.