BeagleBone Home Automation Blueprints电子书

BeagleBone Home Automation Blueprints

Table of Contents

BeagleBone Home Automation Blueprints

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Software prerequisites

Hardware prerequisites

Who this book is for

Conventions

Codes and command lines

Kernel and logging messages

File modifications

Serial and network connections

Other conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Dangerous Gas Sensors

The basic of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Connecting the gas sensors

Connecting the alarm actuators

LED and buzzer

GSM module

The final picture

Setting up the software

Managing the ADCs

Managing the actuators

Controlling the environment

Final test

Summary

2. Ultrasonic Parking Assistant

The basic of functioning

Setting up the hardware

First setup – all devices near the BeagleBone Black

Using the analog output of the distance sensor

Connecting the LEDs in the first setup

Second setup – the distance sensor is remotized

Using the serial output of the distance sensor

Connecting the LEDs in the second setup

The final picture

Setting up the software

Managing the LEDs

The distance monitor

Final test

Summary

3. Aquarium Monitor

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the 12V devices

Setting up the webcam

Connecting the temperature sensor

Connecting the feeder

The water sensor

The final picture

Setting up the software

Managing the system status and configuration

Building up the web control panel

Handling the control panel

Knowing the internal state-machine

Final test

Summary

4. Google Docs Weather Station

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the temperature/humidity sensor

Setting up the barometric sensor

The final picture

Setting up the software

Installing a new kernel

Running the weather station software

Adding the Google Docs API

Final test

Summary

5. WhatsApp Laundry Room Monitor

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the sound detector

Setting up the light sensor

Connecting the LEDs

The final picture

Setting up the software

The sound detector manager

The light sensor manager

Controlling the LEDs

Setting up the WhatsApp API

The state-machine

Final test

Summary

6. Baby Room Sentinel

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the contactless temperature sensor

Setting up the pressure sensor

Setting up the sound detector

Connecting the tiny LCD

The final picture

Setting up the software

The ADC manager

The LCD manager

Final test

Summary

7. Facebook Plant Monitor

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Connecting the moisture sensor

Connecting the light sensor

Setting up the contactless temperature sensor

Setting up the waterproof temperature sensor

Setting up the webcam

Adding a water pump

The final picture

Setting up the software

The Facebook API

Downloading the code

Creating a new Facebook app

Getting access to the Facebook account

The monitoring loop

The web interface

Final test

Summary

8. Intrusion Detection System

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the webcams

The final picture

Setting up the software

Setting up the mailer

Using motion

Downloading the code

Configuring the daemon

The web interface

Managing events

Final test

Summary

9. Twitter Access Control System with Smart Card and RFID

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the smart card reader

Setting up the RFID LF reader

Setting up the RFID UHF reader

The final picture

Setting up the software

Setting up the Twitter utility

The smart card implementation

The RFID LF implementation

The RFID UHF implementation

Final test

Summary

10. A Lights Manager with a TV Remote Controller

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the infrared detector

Setting up the relays array

The final picture

Setting up the software

Setting up the kernel driver

The LIRC tools

The input events manager

The final test

Summary

11. A Wireless Home Controller with Z-Wave

The basics of functioning

Setting up the hardware

Setting up the Z-Wave controller

Setting up the Z-Wave wall plug

Setting up the Z-Wave multisensor

The final picture

Setting up the software

Setting up the Python bindings

The Z-Wave manager

The final test

Summary

Index