Building a home security system with BeagleBone : build your own high-tech alarm system at a fraction of the cost / Bill Pretty.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Pretty, Bill.

Series:

• Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dwellings--Security measures--Amateurs' manuals.
• Electronic security systems--Design and construction--Amateurs' manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Building a Home Security System with BeagleBone is a practical, hands-on guide for practical, hands-on people. The book includes step-by-step instructions for assembling your own hardware on professionally manufactured PCB's and setting up the software on your system. This book is for anyone who is interested in alarm systems and how they work; for hobbyists and basement tinkerers who love to build things. If you want to build the hardware described in this book, you will need some basic soldering skills, but all the parts are of the thru-hole variety and are very easy to put together. When it

Contents:

• Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Alarm Systems 101; Door and window switches; The PIR - passive infrared sensor; Glass break sensors; The temperature rise sensor; Summary; Chapter 2: Our Very First Alarm System; Zones; The hardware; The LM339 comparator; The EOL - End Of Line resistor; The software; Summary; Chapter 3: Bigger and Better; The planning phase; Step 1 - the walkabout; Your dream home; Step 2 - the layered-defense technique; Step 3 - the installation; Switch contact wiring
• Window and door contact wiringActive sensor wiring; The software; Adding more outputs; Adding more inputs; BeagleBone I/O pins; Summary; Chapter 4: Building the Hardware; Zone monitor PCB; Isolated output PCB; Connecting devices to the board; BeagleBone adapter PCB; Mechanical PCB assembly; Wiring harness assembly; Test harness; Summary; Chapter 5: Testing the Hardware; The test equipment; Visual check; The zone input board; Power check; Troubleshooting power problems; Zone input tests; Alarm output board tests; Testing; Summary; Chapter 6: Automating Stuff; The low-current solenoid driver
• The DC-motor driverThe web page interface; Summary; Chapter 7: Protecting Your Network; MyTraceRoute; Trace route examples; IPTraf; Configuring IPTraf; Summary; Chapter 8: Keeping an Eye on Things; Yaler; Installing YalerTunnel; Enabling web access; SSH access; Configuring PuTTY; WiFi monitoring; Bluetooth monitoring; Summary; Chapter 9: Going Further; An RFID reader; A fingerprint scanner; A geophone sensor; A barcode scanner; Summary; Index

Notes:

• "Community experience distilled"--Cover.
• Includes index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 10, 2014).

ISBN:

• 9781783559619
• 1783559616

OCLC:

865650610