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Raspberry Pi: Home Monitoring and Control

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Overview

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Build a Raspberry Pi home monitoring system in this DIY electronics project. Learn to monitor your house remotely, detect motion, and even turn lights on and off.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Overview of the alarm project
  • Using the exercise files
1. Hardware for the Alarm Project
  • Select a power supply
  • Select a USB Wi-Fi adapter
  • Select a Raspberry Pi camera
  • Select a camera mount or enclosure
  • Select a Pi Cobbler
  • Select a breadboard
  • Select an enclosure for the Pi
  • Select a motion detector
  • Optional accessories
2. Using Web Services to Extend the Pi
  • Overview of remote access with Weaved
  • Configure VNC, SSH, and WebIOPi services for Weaved
  • Patch WebIOPi for Raspberry Pi B+ and 2
  • Explore Weaved and test our services
  • Send SMS messages with an online service
3. Taking Pictures with the Pi Cam
  • Connect the Pi cam to the Raspberry Pi unit
  • Enable support for the Pi cam
  • Take pictures from the command line with raspistill
  • Explore a script that automates picture taking
  • Access the camera's pictures remotely with an FTP client
4. Setting Up Raspberry Pi Cam for Video Streaming
  • Configuring video streaming with the Pi cam
5. Connecting to Home Automation Peripherals
  • Connect the Pi to the development board and test GPIO
  • Control the breadboard using WebIOPi
  • Connect the relay and motion detector
  • Explore a basic alarm system written in Python
  • Further automate your home with Z-Wave and OpenRemote
6. Alarm System Mounting Options
  • Set up Wi-Fi instead of using Ethernet
  • Considerations for mounting and securing your alarm system
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

David Ross

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