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Published inFeb 2015
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ISBN-139781784399207
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ArduinoRaspberry Pi
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Andrew K. Dennis
Andrew K. Dennis
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Andrew K. Dennis

Andrew K. Dennis is a full stack and cybersecurity architect with over 17 years' experience who currently works for Modus Create in Reston, VA. He holds two undergraduate degrees in software engineering and creative computing and a master's degree in information security. Andy has worked in the US, Canada, and the UK in software engineering, e-learning, data science, and cybersecurity across his career, and has written four books on IoT, the Raspberry Pi, and supercomputing. His interests range from the application of pataphysics in computing to security threat modeling. Andy lives in New England and is an organizer of Security BSides CT.
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Ideas for future projects

This book includes a variety of projects that provide tools to sense and automate your home environment. Armed with knowledge after completing these projects, you are now equipped with the skills to expand your existing projects and create exciting new devices. The following is list that provides some potential projects for the future.

Expanding the curtain automation tool to include temperature sensing

Your current application from Chapter 6, Curtain Automation – Open and Close the Curtains Based on the Ambient Light, uses light to decide when to open and close the blinds or curtains. You can now try combining the thermostat from Chapter 3, Central Air and Heating Thermostat, with the curtain control device and redevelop the software to incorporate temperature data. Using the thermistor, you can decide to open and close your blinds according to temperature changes in order to conserve heat.

By expanding the database written in Chapter 4, Temperature Storage – Setting...

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Andrew K. Dennis

Andrew K. Dennis is a full stack and cybersecurity architect with over 17 years' experience who currently works for Modus Create in Reston, VA. He holds two undergraduate degrees in software engineering and creative computing and a master's degree in information security. Andy has worked in the US, Canada, and the UK in software engineering, e-learning, data science, and cybersecurity across his career, and has written four books on IoT, the Raspberry Pi, and supercomputing. His interests range from the application of pataphysics in computing to security threat modeling. Andy lives in New England and is an organizer of Security BSides CT.
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