Automate your home using go / Ricardo Gerardi and Mike Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gerardi, Ricardo (Computer scientist), author.

Riley, Mike (Computer scientist), author. .

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Go (Computer program language).

Home automation.

Raspberry Pi (Computer).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Raleigh, North Carolina] : The Pragmatic Programmers, [2024]

Summary:

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for developers interested in integrating the Go programming language with home automation systems. Authors Ricardo Gerardi and Mike Riley provide a detailed exploration of building a personal data center using Raspberry Pi, Docker, Prometheus, and Grafana. The book is structured to enhance the reader's skills incrementally through practical projects, each leveraging Go's scalability and simplicity. It is designed for developers familiar with Go, aiming to automate household devices and systems. The authors combine technical insights with hands-on projects, making advanced concepts accessible and engaging for the audience. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Who This Book Is For

What's in This Book

About the Hardware

About the Code

Online Resources

Part I-Setup

1. Getting Started

Your Personal Data Center

Selecting a Raspberry Pi

Adding Other Hardware Components

Configuring the Software

Picking a Code Editor

Next Steps

2. Building a REST API Server

Writing the Code

Containing the Server

3. Deploying Your Personal Data Center

Deploying Applications with Linux Containers

Managing Source Code with Gitea

Monitoring and Alerting with Prometheus

Visualizing Data with Grafana

Part II-Projects

4. Networking a Temperature Monitor

Understanding the Pico W Device

Polling the Temperature

Connecting the Pico W to Wi-Fi

Creating the Pico W REST Server

Creating the Prometheus Exporter

Containing and Deploying the Exporter

Creating the Grafana Dashboard

5. Checking the (Garage) Door

Understanding the GPIO

Wiring the Magnetic Switch to the GPIO

Coding the Magnetic Switch

Sending Notifications

Writing the Software

Configuring and Testing the Application

Containerizing the Deployment

6. Lighting the Weather

Polling the Weather

Changing the Color

Putting It All Together

Configuring the Application Settings

Containerizing and Deploying the App

7. Watching the Birds

Setting Up the Camera and InfraRed Sensor

Sending Motion Notifications

Containing the Application

Configuring the Bird Feeder

8. Go Build

Designing Additional Projects

Expanding the Technologies

Improving Security

Advancing Electronics

Having Fun

Index

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ISBN:

9798888651230

9798888651247

OCLC:

1456761812