Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino -- Table of Contents -- Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- 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. An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Home Automation -- What we will explore in this book -- History and background of the Raspberry Pi -- Raspberry Pi hardware specifications -- Dimensions -- 3.5mm analog audio jack -- Composite RCA port -- Two USB 2.0 ports plus one micro USB -- HDMI port -- SD card port -- 256 MB/512 MB SDRAM shared with GPU -- CPU -- GPU -- Ethernet port -- GPIO pins -- History and background of Arduino -- Raspberry Pi to Arduino shield connection bridge -- Shield specifications -- XBee socket -- Power source selector -- UART -- Digital GPIO pins -- Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) pins -- In Circuit Serial Programmer (ICSP) connector -- Power pins -- Analog inputs -- Raspberry Pi GPIO connector -- Soldering -- Writing software for the Arduino -- What home automation is -- A history of home automation -- X10 - a standard is born -- The dot.com boom and open source - a new set of technologies -- Commercial products -- Arrival of the Raspberry Pi -- Summary -- 2. Getting Started Part 1 - Setting up Your Raspberry Pi -- The SD card - our Raspberry Pi's storage device -- Pre-installed SD card versus a blank one -- Setting up the SD card -- Formatting our card -- Formatting instructions for Windows 7 -- Formatting instructions for Mac OS X -- Formatting instructions for Linux.

BerryBoot - our tool for installing an operating system -- Downloading the BerryBoot zip -- Windows -- Mac -- Linux -- Hooking up the Raspberry Pi -- Downloading the right operating system -- Installing Raspbian -- Installation complete -- Windows users -- Mac and Linux users -- Summary -- 3. Getting Started Part 2 - Setting up Your Raspberry Pi to Arduino Bridge Shield -- Raspberry Pi to Arduino bridge shield -- Checking which version of the Raspberry Pi we have -- Setting up the Raspberry Pi to Arduino shield and LED -- Installing the software -- The Arduino IDE -- A quick look at the language -- arduPi - a library for our Raspberry Pi and Arduino shield -- Installing arduPi -- Leafpad - a text editor -- Blinking LED application -- A guide to the code -- Compiling and running our application -- Summary -- 4. Our First Project - A Basic Thermometer -- Building a thermometer -- Setting up our hardware -- An introduction to resistors -- Thermistor -- 10K Ohm resistor -- Wires -- Breadboard -- Connecting our components -- Sanity check -- Software for our thermometer -- Geany IDE -- Installing the IDE -- An introduction to Makefiles -- Thermometer code -- Writing our application -- Compiling and testing -- What if it doesn't work -- Up and running -- Summary -- 5. From Thermometer to Thermostat - Building upon Our First Project -- Safety first -- Introducing the thermostat -- Setting up our hardware -- Relays -- Connecting the relay -- Setting up our software -- A program to test the relay -- Installing screen -- cURL -- Thermostat code -- Testing our thermostat and fan -- Attaching the fan -- Starting your thermostat application -- Debugging problems -- Summary -- 6. Temperature Storage - Setting up a Database to Store Your Results -- SQLite -- Installing SQLite Version 3.x -- Creating a database -- A table to record our temperature.

A table to record our rooms -- Writing some SQL -- Apache web server -- Setting up a basic web server -- WSGI -- Setting up WSGI -- Creating a Python application to write to our database -- Conclusion -- HTSQL -- Download HTSQL -- Configuring HTSQL -- Testing our Arduino shield with our database -- Summary -- 7. Curtain Automation - Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light -- Photoresistors -- Motor shield and motors -- Setting up the photoresistor -- Wiring up the components -- Testing the photoresistor with software -- Debug -- Setting up the motor shield -- Wiring up the components -- Curtain control application -- Pulse Width Modulation -- Threads -- Writing our code -- Debugging problems -- Connecting to your blinds/curtains -- Setting the timing -- Attaching the hardware -- Debugging problems -- Summary -- 8. Wrapping up -- A brief review of what we have learned -- Next steps -- Prototyping Pi Plate -- The wiringPi library -- The Gertboard -- Introduction to the Gertboard components -- GPIO PCB expansion board -- GPIO Pins -- Motor controller -- Open collector driver -- Buffered I/O -- Atmel ATmeg chip microcontroller -- Convertors - analog to digital and digital to analog -- Writing software for the Gertboard -- Ideas for next step projects -- Expanding the curtain automation tool to include temperature sensing -- Changing the motor on the curtain automation project to a stepper motor -- Switching lights on with a photoresistor -- Holiday lights from LEDs -- The future of home automation -- 3D printing -- RFID chips -- EEG headsets -- Summary -- A. References -- Raspberry Pi -- Raspberry Pi to Arduino bridge shield -- Linux -- Python -- C/C++ -- Arduino -- SQL -- HTSQL -- Apache -- Electronics -- Packt Publishing titles -- Home automation technology -- 3D printing -- EEG headsets -- Miscellaneous resources -- Index.