Produktbeskrivning
Smarter home infrastructure from the ground up. Explains how the entire system works together rather than just individual projects-Alan Trevennor is also the author of Practical AVR Microcontrollers. Arduino Smart Home Automation doesn't show you how to build a dishwashing robot or how to make your car fly. Instead it shows you how to build a smart home infrastructure that you can use as a foundation for your own smarter home ideas.
Home automation may trigger images of the Jetsons, of hover cars, of robots who will do the dishes -- fun but ultimately unrealistic images. However, "Smarter home" is a bit different from the old idea of home automation: this is a home that understands you. That understands that you need to wake up a bit earlier when it's raining, and that you want the fan to kick on automatically when the room gets a little stuffy. That it would be nice if your entire home could sense you coming and make you feel welcome (without blinding your neighbors every time someone passes your house).
This book gives you a headstart on the foundation for implementing great ideas like these:
* Custom media center remote
* Heating and cooling sensing and controls
* Home information system
* Smart and innovative hallway lighting
* Powering your home with solar, water, and even people power
* Making your home automation ergonomic, beautiful, and even invisible Contents:
Introduction: A Visit to Techno-Island
Ch. 1: Setting Up and Starting Your First Project: A Doorbell Repeater
Ch. 2: Proving Ground Projects
* Multi-channel lighting control panel
* Remote control system
* Sound effect control
Ch. 3: Making a VSCP Hub for Your Smart Home System
* Building a VSCP hub with Arduino
* Adapting the doorbell repeater to work with the hub
Ch. 4: Smart Home Modules
* Simple VSCP interfaces
* Simple control of low-power devices
* Simple control of mains powered devices
* LCD displays for your VSCP data
Ch. 5: Smart Home Module Applications: Taking it a Step Further
* Lighting subsystems
* Access subsystems
* Control and communications subsystems
* Supplying power
Ch. 6: Building the Dream: Ergonomics and Beauty in Your Smart Home
* Professional-looking control panels
* Hiding what should be hidden
* Making your projects more intuitive
Ch. 7: Saving Money and Staying Green: How to Harvest Energy
* Solar power
* Water power
* People power
Appendix A: What You'll Need: Your Toolset
Appendix B: Materials for Your Smart Home
Appendix C: Arduino Programming Overview
Appendix D: AVR Tips and Techniques
Home automation may trigger images of the Jetsons, of hover cars, of robots who will do the dishes -- fun but ultimately unrealistic images. However, "Smarter home" is a bit different from the old idea of home automation: this is a home that understands you. That understands that you need to wake up a bit earlier when it's raining, and that you want the fan to kick on automatically when the room gets a little stuffy. That it would be nice if your entire home could sense you coming and make you feel welcome (without blinding your neighbors every time someone passes your house).
This book gives you a headstart on the foundation for implementing great ideas like these:
* Custom media center remote
* Heating and cooling sensing and controls
* Home information system
* Smart and innovative hallway lighting
* Powering your home with solar, water, and even people power
* Making your home automation ergonomic, beautiful, and even invisible Contents:
Introduction: A Visit to Techno-Island
Ch. 1: Setting Up and Starting Your First Project: A Doorbell Repeater
Ch. 2: Proving Ground Projects
* Multi-channel lighting control panel
* Remote control system
* Sound effect control
Ch. 3: Making a VSCP Hub for Your Smart Home System
* Building a VSCP hub with Arduino
* Adapting the doorbell repeater to work with the hub
Ch. 4: Smart Home Modules
* Simple VSCP interfaces
* Simple control of low-power devices
* Simple control of mains powered devices
* LCD displays for your VSCP data
Ch. 5: Smart Home Module Applications: Taking it a Step Further
* Lighting subsystems
* Access subsystems
* Control and communications subsystems
* Supplying power
Ch. 6: Building the Dream: Ergonomics and Beauty in Your Smart Home
* Professional-looking control panels
* Hiding what should be hidden
* Making your projects more intuitive
Ch. 7: Saving Money and Staying Green: How to Harvest Energy
* Solar power
* Water power
* People power
Appendix A: What You'll Need: Your Toolset
Appendix B: Materials for Your Smart Home
Appendix C: Arduino Programming Overview
Appendix D: AVR Tips and Techniques