Programming Your Home by Mike Riley

Programming Your Home by Mike Riley

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Take control of your home! Conveniently and inexpensively automate home appliances and lighting from your smartphone. Learn about various emerging automation technologies, such as Android and Arduino, and how you can create applications that leverage ideas from these exciting new platforms.

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Programming Your Home by Mike Riley

In Programming Your Home, technology enthusiast Mike Riley walks you through a variety of custom home automation projects, ranging from a phone application that alerts you to package deliveries at your front door to an electronic guard dog that will prevent unwanted visitors. Open locked doors using your smartphone. Assemble a bird feeder that posts Twitter tweets to tell you when the birds are feeding or when bird seed runs low. Have your home speak to you when you receive email or tell you about important events such as the arrival of visitors, and much more! Using Android smartphones, Arduinos, X10 controllers and a wide array of sensors, servos, programming languages, web frameworks and mobile SDK's, Programming Your Home is written for smartphone programmers, web developers, technology tinkerers and anyone who enjoys building cutting-edge Do It Yourself electronic projects. This book will give you the inspiration and understanding to construct amazing automation capabilities that will transform your residence into the smartest home in your neighborhood! *What You Need:* To get the most out of Programming Your Home, readers should have some familiarity with the Arduino hardware platform along with a passion for tinkering. They should enjoy innovative thinking and learning exercises as well as have some practical application development experience. The projects use a variety of hardware components including sensors and actuators, mobile devices, and wireless radios, and we'll even tell you where you can get them.
Mike Riley has been a technology enthusiast, developer and writer for over 25 years and has written for Connected World, DevPro Connections, Dr Dobbs, iPhone Life, Make and Software Development magazines. For more information, visit his website at www.mikeriley.com.
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ISBN 13 9781934356906
ISBN 10 1934356905
Title Programming Your Home
Author Mike Riley
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The Pragmatic Programmers
Year published 2012-04-03
Number of pages 200
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