What this book covers
Chapter 1, Configuring Your Raspberry Pi Zero Board, teaches you how to get started with your Raspberry Pi Zero board and also install everything that you need to carry out all the projects that you will find in this book.
Chapter 2, Measure Data Using Your Raspberry Pi Zero Board, teaches you how to measure data from a sensor using the Raspberry Pi Zero board. You will also learn how to measure data from the sensor, store this data on the Pi, and plot it graphically.
Chapter 3, Building a Smart Home Thermostat, gets you right into the core topic of this book, that is, building your first home automation system. In this chapter, we will build a simple thermostat that will allow you to regulate the temperature in your home.
Chapter 4, Control Appliances from the Raspberry Pi Zero, shows you how to use the Raspberry Pi Zero board to easily control home appliances. As an example, we'll see how to control a DC motor and switch on/off appliances, such as lamps.
Chapter 5, Making a Smart Plug with the Raspberry Pi Zero, teaches you how to build your own version of a smart wireless plug that you can buy in a shop. We'll see how to build the same using the Raspberry Pi Zero board and how to customize it for your own needs.
Chapter 6, Sending Notifications using Raspberry Pi Zero, shows you how to send automated notifications from your Pi, for example to indicate that the temperature in your home is getting low. As examples, we'll see how to send text, email, and push notifications.
Chapter 7, Use the Raspberry Pi Zero to Build a Security System, shows you how to start integrating everything we saw so far in the book and build a security system using what we have learned so far. You'll, for example, learn how to transform your Raspberry Pi Zero board into a wireless security camera.
Chapter 8, Monitor Your Home from the Cloud, guides you through an amazing field: the Internet of Things. You will learn how to use the Internet of Things for your smart home and monitor it from anywhere in the world.
Chapter 9, Control Appliances from Anywhere, guides you into the field of the Internet of Things, this time by teaching you how to control home appliances from outside of your Wi-Fi network.
Chapter 10, Building a Home Automation System with Raspberry Pi Zero Boards, uses everything you learned in the book to build a complete home automation system for your entire home.