A DIY Smart Home Guide: Tools for Automating Your Home Monitoring and Security Using Arduino, ESP8266, and Android PDF

Abstract:

Design and build your own smart home devices—no prior experience required!

This hands-on guide contains step-by-step plans for easy-to-build projects that work through your phone to control your home environment remotely—all using free, open-source software. A DIY Smart Home Guide: Tools for Automating Your Home Monitoring and Security Using Arduino, ESP8266, and Android offers a low-cost, hassle-free alternative to expensive, highly intrusive professional installations. All projects can be accomplished with no previous knowledge; for those with some background in C/C++ or Java, the projects can be customized.

Start-to-finish projects include:

• Wireless temperature monitors

• Humidity sensors

• Automated lights

• A window entry detector

• Burglar alarms

• Fire alarms

• Home security systems

• A water heater leakage sensor

Author: Robert Chin