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Published inSep 2023
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ISBN-139781801815291
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Marco Carvalho
Marco Carvalho
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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This book was written for students and professionals in the electronics, systems engineering, computer software, and programming areas. This book is also for engineers, technicians, teachers, and others who want to be updated about the different systems and technologies that exist related to Home Automation. All these professionals and also including the Do It Yourself (DIY) community composed of addicted and enthusiastic people passionate about the Home Automation subject will find this a practical guide of real examples to implement in their homes.

Prior knowledge of installing and configuring software in hardware devices, working with Raspberry Pi, creating hardware prototypes, and software programming will be beneficial for using this book.

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Published in: Sep 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801815291

Author (1)

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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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