Chapter 1 :  Introduction to Raspberry Pi

·        Introduction

·      Raspberry Pi at a glance

·      Software and Hardware requirements

·      Setup

Chapter 2 : Controlling the Raspberry Pi Remotely

·      Remote server setup

·      Create a local server 

·      Controlling Raspberry Pi GPIO using local server 

Chapter 3: Understanding MQTT Broker

·      What is MQTT Broker?

·      Packet Structure

·      Publisher and Subscriber

·      Installing Mosquitto Broker

Chaptre 4: Controlling Raspberry Pi GPIO

·      Writing Python Program for GPIO

·      Using MQTT for controlling GPIO

·      Example code for getting sensor data on smartphone

Chapter 5: Building Your Own Alexa and Google Home

·      How voice assistant works

·      Understanding flow of Amazon Alexa and Google home

·      Installing the Alexa voice assistant

·      Installing Google Home voice assistant

·      Testing

Chapter 6: Making a Wireless Node

·      What is Mesh networking?

·      Types of Mesh 

·      Hardware requirements

·      Sensors and Modules

·      Implementation and Testing

Chapter 7: AC Light Dimming Node and Circuit Design

·      Basics of Electronics and components

·      Designing Dimming circuit

·      Designing PCB

·      Testing

Chapter 8: User Interface Using OpenHAB

·      What is openHAB?

·      Initial Setup 

·      Installing in Raspberry Pi

·      Creating User Interface

·      Testing

Chapter 9: Custom Voice Assistant

·      What is STT and TTS and available types?

·      What is Jasper Framework?

·      Installing and setup process

·      Making Receipes

·      Testing

Chapter 10: GPIO Control Using Gestures

·      Sensor Requirement

·      Interfacing  with the node

·      Coding and Testing

Chapter 11: Smart Door Bell and Integration

·      Camera Interfacing with Raspberry Pi

·      Basics of Image processing

·      Installing image processing Packages

·     Testing and Integration

Rishabh Jain has had strong success in national level robotics and innovations-based competitions with his team. He has a keen interest in technology that emerged in childhood when he would customize and experiment with his toys and electronic devices. He believes in “learning by doing”. He is an avid contributor on technical sites dedicated to learning hardware, from beginner to pro and has contributed 50+ projects, which include a stepwise writeup and project demonstration videos. Recently, he joined an India-based product design company as an Electronics and Embedded design engineer.

Build a versatile home automation system from scratch. There are many ways of controlling home appliances with your smartphones, voice, gestures, etc. This book dives into the many options for for communicating with appliances wirelessly and we’ll discuss and implement the leading protocols in the field.