Programming Your Home: Automate With Arduino, Android, and Your Computer

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!

You'll learn how to use Android smartphones, Arduinos, X10 controllers and a wide array of sensors, servos, programming languages, web frameworks and mobile SDKs. 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, you should have some familiarity with the Arduino hardware platform along with a passion for tinkering. You 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.

Genres: Technology, Programming, Nonfiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Mike Riley is a professional software developer and emerging information technologist who focuses on identifying and implementing innovative technical approaches that improve an organization's internal and external services.

Reviews

[Dgg32 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book out of curiosity. I haven't implement any project from this book yet but am quite impressed by the author's initiative and creativity. He obviously have a board overview of the subject programming and he is able to string a wide variety of programming platforms to get the job done. The layout and code are easy to follow. A nice hobby guide book.

[Mike Benner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book for an intro into home automation using Arduino. The projects are pretty straight forward and can all be tied together. The best part is it gets you thinking about other projects and options for you home.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Parts are a bit too expensive to be useful. Most of the projects didn't seem that great

[Bartek · Rating 3 out of 5]

trochę kiła bo projekty pod amerykańskie domy.

[Nicolas · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some good ideas. And they are thoroughly presented.