Design your own home automation systems using the Arduino platform In this book, you will be guided through the basics of the Arduino platform, and you will learn how to use a wide range of sensors and actuators that are commonly used in home automation. Here is a non-exhaustive list of what you will be able to do after reading the book: Measure the temperature in your home, save it into a database and display the result in your browser Control a relay directly from your computer Create a motion-controlled light switch Create your own wireless motion sensor Build your own Arduino shield for home automation purposes You will also learn many skills that can be reused in other domains. You will learn of course about the Arduino platform and microcontrollers, but also about how to use a wide range of sensors: contact sensors, humidity sensors, motion sensors ... You will also learn about software development, using the languages C, C++, Python, HTML, PHP, and JavaScript.