Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino

176 Pages·2013·1.71 MB·English

by  Andrew K. Dennis

Raspberry Pi Home Automation
with Arduino
Automate your home with a set of exciting projects for
the Raspberry Pi!
Andrew K. Dennis
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino
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About the Author
Andrew K. Dennis is an R&D software developer at Prometheus Research.
Prometheus Research is a leading provider of integrated data management for
research and is the home of HTSQL, an open source navigational query language
for RDMS.
Andrew has a Diploma in Computing, a BS in Software Engineering, and is currently
studying for a second BS in Creative Computing in his spare time.
He has over 10 years experience working in the software industry in the UK, Canada,
and the USA. This experience includes e-learning courseware development, custom
CMS and LMS development, SCORM consultancy, web development in a variety
of languages, open source application development, blogging about the integration
of web technologies with electronics for home automation, and punching lots of
Cat5 cables.
His interests include web development, e-learning, 3D printing, Linux, the
Raspberry Pi and Arduino, open source projects, home automation and the use
of web technology in this sphere, amateur electronics, home networking, and
software engineering.
Acknowledgement
I would like to thank my wife Megen for supporting me throughout this project and
putting up with the piles of electronics and computer hardware dotted around the
house. My parents, for their support with my interest in technology while growing
up and over the subsequent years.
The Cooking Hacks team, for their great new Raspberry Pi to Arduino Bridge shield
and the various contributors over on the Cooking Hacks forum for their insights.
The people at Prometheus Research, for making this a great and interesting place
to work. Partyka Chevrolet, for giving me some experience on the hardware side
of networking.
I would also like to thank Joel Goveya and Ameya Sawant at Packt Publishing for
their guidance throughout this process, and Stefan Sjogelid for his technical insights
and reviews.
About the Reviewer
Stefan grew up in the 1980s with the C64 and the Amiga home computers. The
ambitious goal of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, bringing fun programming back
to today's youth, resonated strongly with Stefan who immediately ordered his
Raspberry Pi on the launch day itself. After much tinkering and learning a
great deal about the unique properties of the Pi, he launched the "PiLFS"
(http://www.intestinate.com/pilfs) website, which teaches readers
how to build their own GNU/Linux distribution and applications that are
particularly useful on the Raspberry Pi.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Raspberry Pi, Arduino,
and Home Automation 7
What we will explore in this book 7
History and background of the
Raspberry Pi 8
Raspberry Pi hardware specifications 9
Dimensions 10
3.5mm analog audio jack 10
Composite RCA port 10
Two USB 2.0 ports plus one micro USB 10
HDMI port 11
SD card port 11
256 MB/512 MB SDRAM shared with GPU 11
CPU 11
GPU 11
Ethernet port 12
GPIO pins 12
History and background of Arduino 12
Raspberry Pi to Arduino shield connection bridge 13
Shield specifications 13
XBee socket 14
Power source selector 14
UART 14
Digital GPIO pins 14
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) pins 15
In Circuit Serial Programmer (ICSP) connector 15
Power pins 15
Analog inputs 15
Raspberry Pi GPIO connector 15