Building Smart Homes with Raspberry Pi Zero by Marco Schwartz

Key FeaturesCreate and program home automation projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero boardConnect your Raspberry Pi Zero to a cloud API, and then build a cloud dashboard to control your devicesIntegrate all the projects into a complex project to automate key aspects of your home: data monitoring, devices control, and securityBook DescriptionThe 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 youll learn how to switch it on and off. Youll 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.What you will learnLearn how to measure and store data using the Raspberry Pi Zero boardControl LED lights, lamps, and other electrical applicationsSend automated notifications by e-mail, SMS, or push notificationsConnect motion detectors, cameras, and alarmsCreate automated alerts using Raspberry Pi Zero boardsControl devices using cloud-based servicesBuild a complete home automation system using Pi ZeroAbout the AuthorMarco Schwartz is an electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and blogger. He has a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Supelec, France, and a masters degree in micro engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.He has more than five years of experience working in the domain of electrical engineering. Marcos 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.Table of ContentsConfiguring Your Raspberry Pi Zero BoardMeasure Data Using Your Raspberry Pi Zero BoardBuilding a Smart Home ThermostatControlling Appliances from the Raspberry Pi ZeroMaking a Smart Plug with the Raspberry Pi ZeroSending Notifications using Raspberry Pi ZeroUse the Raspberry Pi Zero to Build a Security SystemMonitor Your Home from the CloudControl Appliances from AnywhereBuilding a Home Automation System with Raspberry Pi Zero Boards