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A step-by-step guide to building cost-effective and complete home automation DIY projects using tools such as Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, IoT devices, the Tasmota sensor, ESP32, and Grafana Key Features Learn by doing using real-life practical examples to build your own home automation system Create, hack, and configure IoT devices through hands-on projects to be used with or without Home Assistant Customize your home automation system using Home Assistant, Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionPicture a home where you can adjust the lighting based on the time of day or when movement is detected. In this same home, yo...
The easy way to control your home appliances Do you want to control common household appliances and amenities from your smartphone or tablet, wherever you happen to be? Home Automation For Dummies guides you through installing and setting up app-controlled devices in your home, such as heating and air conditioning, lighting, multimedia systems, game consoles, and security and monitoring devices—and even suggests popular products to consider. The saturation of the mobile market with smart devices has led to an upsurge in domestic devices, such as thermostats, refrigerators, smoke detectors, security systems, among others, that can be controlled by those devices. Both Google and Apple offer ...
This book is divided into projects that are explained in a step-by-step format, with practical instructions that are easy to follow. If you want to build your own home automation systems wirelessly using the Arduino platform, this is the book for you. You will need to have some basic experience in Arduino and general programming languages, such as C and C++ to understand the projects in this book.
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.
“With futuristic homes on the rise, learn to control and automate the living space with intriguing IoT projects.” About This Book Build exciting (six) end-to-end home automation projects with Raspberry Pi 3, Seamlessly communicate and control your existing devices and build your own home automation system, Automate tasks in your home through projects that are reliable and fun Who This Book Is For This book is for all those who are excited about building home automation systems with Raspberry Pi 3. It's also for electronic hobbyists and developers with some knowledge of electronics and programming. What You Will Learn Integrate different embedded microcontrollers and development boards li...
Home automation creates the ability to control everyday home systems through one electronic source. The home of the 21st-century will be fully automated. This book sets out to give builders and contractors the information they need to plan and install new systems, and repair existing ones.
Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will walk through the process of outfitting every room in your home with a network connection that you can control with a few clicks on your computer keyboard. Complete with illustrations and photographs, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will have you riding the wave of the future in no time.
Linux users can now control their homes remotely! Are you a Linux user who has ever wanted to turn on the lights in your house, or open and close the curtains, while away on holiday? Want to be able to play the same music in every room, controlled from your laptop or mobile phone? Do you want to do these things without an expensive off-the-shelf kit? In Smart Home Automation with Linux, Steven Goodwin will show you how a house can be fully controlled by its occupants, all using open source software. From appliances to kettles to curtains, control your home remotely!
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.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
About This Book Start into the world of Open Source Home Automation with an introduction to the Home Assistant platform. Dive into soldering your own smart home sensors for measuring temperature and humidity inside your rooms and attach it to a powerful jet free and open home automation system. Work through simple yet insightful examples that will get you up and running with home automation, Home Assistant and soldering your own tailor made home automation sensors. Who This Book Is For This book is for home automation enthusiasts, makers and tinkerers that are willing to take a step towards soldering and programming their own home automation sensors. The examples given within this book are e...