Raspberry Pi: Home Monitoring and Control

Build a Raspberry Pi home monitoring system in this DIY electronics project. Learn to monitor your house remotely, detect motion, and even turn lights on and off.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Overview of the alarm project
• Using the exercise files

1. Hardware for the Alarm Project

• Select a power supply
• Select a USB Wi-Fi adapter
• Select a Raspberry Pi camera
• Select a camera mount or enclosure
• Select a Pi Cobbler
• Select a breadboard
• Select an enclosure for the Pi
• Select a motion detector
• Optional accessories

2. Using Web Services to Extend the Pi

• Overview of remote access with Weaved
• Configure VNC, SSH, and WebIOPi services for Weaved
• Patch WebIOPi for Raspberry Pi B+ and 2
• Explore Weaved and test our services
• Send SMS messages with an online service

3. Taking Pictures with the Pi Cam

• Connect the Pi cam to the Raspberry Pi unit
• Enable support for the Pi cam
• Take pictures from the command line with raspistill
• Explore a script that automates picture taking
• Access the camera's pictures remotely with an FTP client

4. Setting Up Raspberry Pi Cam for Video Streaming

• Configuring video streaming with the Pi cam

5. Connecting to Home Automation Peripherals

• Connect the Pi to the development board and test GPIO
• Control the breadboard using WebIOPi
• Connect the relay and motion detector
• Explore a basic alarm system written in Python
• Further automate your home with Z-Wave and OpenRemote

6. Alarm System Mounting Options

• Set up Wi-Fi instead of using Ethernet
• Considerations for mounting and securing your alarm system

Conclusion

• Next steps