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Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino Paperback – February 5, 2013

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 5, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849695865
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849695862
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
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4.0 out of 5 starsUseful, but Confused
By JennaSys on March 3, 2013
Format: Paperback
What the title really means is that the author will walk you through using a Raspberry Pi in place of an Arduino to control things, but by still programming it like an Arduino. While the information presented is definitely useful, the end result is a bit of a platform identity crisis, as no Arduino is ever actually being used. The Home Automation part of the title is somewhat loosely coupled, but it does serve as a convenient context for the examples presented and is a nonetheless a prime candidate for Raspberry Pi/Arduino projects.

Chapter 1 is a good introduction to the topics presented in the book. It provides context and history at a level that is appropriate for the audience of the book. Overall - nicely done.

Chapter 2 goes through using BerryBoot to get the Raspbian linux distro onto the Raspberry Pi's SD card. To me, this particular method is overkill for the context of the book, however at the same time it was nice to see a variation on the typical SD setup routine for the Raspberry Pi. Again, the system setup chapter was just enough to let the user understand what the OS context will be for the purposes of the book, without going into setup details that are best left for a different text.

Chapter 3 starts getting into the hardware. Using an Arduino in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi, while somewhat redundant, is not unusual. The Arduino gets around some of the I/O limitations of the Raspberry Pi without having to get too involved with discreet external electronics. In this case, the author chooses the novel approach of using an adapter that allows the Raspberry Pi to use hardware shields designed for an Arduino, without actually using an Arduino.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsHard to pin down exactly who this book is for
By J. Thomas on March 18, 2013
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On one hand its got quite a specific audience, maybe you're interested in home automation, and maybe you've previously experimented with the Arduino platform and you now have a Raspberry Pi or want to use one for some reason (maybe that the power/size ratio has greater possibilities than the Arduino), and maybe you don't mind buying an expensive interface so that you can plug Arduino shields into your Pi, and maybe you don't mind writing Arduino-fashion code in C++ in a text editor and building it from the command line with makefiles). That's a lot of 'maybe'. If you are all of these, the book should serve you well enough to get you on your way, but the value of the book diminishes the more of these maybe's you eliminate.
On the other hand, it tries to touch a lot of subjects and covers the basics of installing software on the Pi, installing and using a free IDE (Geany), electronics, it mentions wiringPi, ... It doesn't go into any topic particularly deeply. Just enough to get started, or to confuse you, depending on where your experience level is.

Where you actually get to see the value of using the Pi, as opposed to just keeping it simple and sticking with an Arduino plus shield, is in the latter part of the book where the author shows and explains how to set up an SQL database for recording sensor information, how to set up a web server (why the author chose Apache and not a smaller faster web server like lighttpd?), and how to make them all play together to do something useful.

The book has Arduino in its title. Arduino was designed for people who don't necessarily want to use text editors, makefiles, or confusing IDEs with millions of features. Most Arduino people just want to create stuff and they have enough on their plate already just learning to code.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Extremely Useful Introduction to Sensor & Home Automation Applications On The Raspberry Pi
By Ira Laefsky VINE VOICE on March 4, 2013
Format: Paperback
Andrew Dennis has written the first application-oriented hardware/software guidebook for using the extremely popular Raspberry Pi ($35 Linux Board) in real applications. The focus of this book is what can be accomplished with Home Automation as well as Sensor and Actuator Devices with the Pi and with Internet of Things Sensor Databases locally on the Pi as well as in the Cloud/Web. Three unique features of this handbook include:

1. Use of Berryboot a tool which allows easy installation of multiple operating systems on the Raspberry Pi

2. Very Importantly the use of a Raspberry Pi to Arduino Shield Adapter from Cooking-Hacks--Libelium
This hardware shield and the accompanying Open Source Library "arduPI" permit a range of input/output functions on the software-strong Pi that until now has been impossible with primitive manipulation of GPIO pins and allows important (16-bit) analog functionality for recording and manipulating data
from analog sensors. This analog. and i/o functionality is in addition to the powerful multi-language (and shell) programming capabilities of the Pi as a Linux system and is efficiently accomplished through the arduPi library which permits easy manipulation of the i/o functions for many users farmiliar with the Arduino and which otherwise is quite accesible to Linux users of the C and C++ languages.

3. Use of LAMP/Sql and HtSql Servers which permit sensor database users to host a Sql compatbile server directly on the Raspberry Pi and accesss databases of sensor values either hosted locally or in the cloud with full web and web service (JSON/XML) integration. Further information on the HtSql Database platform can be found on the HTSQL (dot) org website.Read more ›
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Once again a great book for the Pi.

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This book is the best way for start to automation your ouw house, its very easy to read, and the book is very intuitive

Published on October 13, 2013 by Juan Diego Arias
2.0 out of 5 starsBook is decent, but beware, you need more than just a Pi and and an...

When I ordered the book, I did not realize that I would have to separately order a 40-Euro Arduino shield from cooking-hacks.org to use it. Read more

Published on August 4, 2013 by Grant Hogarth
2.0 out of 5 starssomewhat disappointed

This book is misleading in that you really don't use Arduino. You have to purchase an Aruino like board for about $80 to attach to the Raspberry PI. Read more

Published on July 7, 2013 by Stephen Tenbrink
5.0 out of 5 starsA how to guide to home automation.

Raspberry Pi Home Automation with Arduino is an introductory guide to building projects for your home using the Raspberry Pi computer and the Arduino to Pi bridge shield. Read more

Published on May 31, 2013 by nhevilwench
4.0 out of 5 starsA good introduction

So, you're interested in custom home automation? This book introduces you to the sensors, controllers, and programming languages to spark your creativity towards home automation. Read more

Published on May 27, 2013 by Bradley Forschner
1.0 out of 5 starsmisleading

The description of the book neglects to tell you that a raspberry pi to arduino bridge shield is needed. I only found that out after I downloaded the book. That is very deceptive. Read more

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