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Home Automation Home automation allows you to control and automate various systems in your home such as lighting, temperature, security alarms, appliances, and more. This category covers beginner to advanced books on installing, programming, and getting the most out of home automation. Learn how to set up Z-Wave, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, and hardwired systems to create scenes, schedules, rules, and customizations for convenience, security, and energy savings. Books also cover popular platforms and protocols like SmartThings, HomeKit, Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT as well as system integration. Other topics include comparison of controllers and hardware, network setup, troubleshooting, home theater control, water leak detection, pet monitoring, and smart locks.

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A range of our top selling data products from the last year

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 196 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

Creative DIY Microcontroller Projects with TinyGo and WebAssembly

May 2021 322 pages

eBook

$17.99 ~~$26.99~~

Alexa Skills Projects

Jun 2018 250 pages

eBook

$24.99 ~~$35.99~~

Raspberry Pi 3 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 226 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

Raspberry Pi Pico DIY Workshop

May 2022 376 pages

eBook

$28.99 ~~$41.99~~

Echo Quick Start Guide

May 2018 136 pages

eBook

$14.99 ~~$21.99~~

Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant

Sep 2023 356 pages

eBook

$17.99 ~~$25.99~~

What's New

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Raspberry Pi 3 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 226 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 196 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

Echo Quick Start Guide

May 2018 136 pages

eBook

$14.99 ~~$21.99~~

Alexa Skills Projects

Jun 2018 250 pages

eBook

$24.99 ~~$35.99~~

Creative DIY Microcontroller Projects with TinyGo and WebAssembly

May 2021 322 pages

eBook

$17.99 ~~$26.99~~

Raspberry Pi Pico DIY Workshop

May 2022 376 pages

eBook

$28.99 ~~$41.99~~

Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant

Sep 2023 356 pages

eBook

$17.99 ~~$25.99~~

The Most Popular in Home Automation

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

The ESP8266 is a low-cost yet powerful Wi-Fi chip that is becoming more popular at an alarming rate, and people have adopted it to create interesting projects. With this book, you will learn to create and program home automation projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chip. You will learn how to build a thermostat to measure and adjust the temperature accordingly and how to build a security system using the ESP8266. Furthermore, you will design a complete home automation system from sensor to your own cloud. You will touch base on data monitoring, controlling appliances, and security aspects. By the end of the book, you will understand how to completely control and monitor your home from the cloud and from a mobile application. You will be familiar with the capabilities of the ESP8266 and will have successfully designed a complete ready-to-sell home automated system.

Batrinu Tambrea

Paperback Nov 2017 196

$38.99

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Building Smart Home Automation Solutions with Home Assistant

Sep 2023 356 pages

eBook

$17.99 ~~$25.99~~

Quick Learns

Our iot & hardware books which are under 200 pages long.

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 196 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

Echo Quick Start Guide

May 2018 136 pages

eBook

$14.99 ~~$21.99~~

Beginner's Corner

Our top picks for starting your iot & hardware journey.

ESP8266 Home Automation Projects

Nov 2017 196 pages

eBook

$20.98 ~~$29.99~~

Alexa Skills Projects

Jun 2018 250 pages

eBook

$24.99 ~~$35.99~~

Echo Quick Start Guide

May 2018 136 pages

eBook

$14.99 ~~$21.99~~

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Mr. Mark Price

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Hack the Cybersecurity Interview

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Mr. Jimmy Engström

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Ben Auffarth

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Carl-Hugo Marcotte

Carl-Hugo Marcotte is a software craftsman who has developed digital products professionally since 2005, while his coding journey started around 1989 for fun. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science.nHe has acquired a solid background in software architecture and expertise in ASP.NET Core through creating a wide range of web and cloud applications, from custom e-commerce websites to enterprise applications. He served many customers as an independent consultant, taught programming, and is now a Principal Architect at Export Development Canada.nPassionate about C#, ASP.NET Core, AI, automation, and Cloud computing, he fosters collaboration and the open-source ethos, sharing his expertise with the tech community.

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