September 2007
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
17h 48m
English
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426 MAKING THINGS TALK
W
web
browsing, 87–91
page, air quality meter project,
129–131
page, networked cat project, 94–97
scraping, 126, 129–131
webcams
bar code recognition project,
303–305
color recognition project, 298–300
networked cat project, 94–95
When Things Start to Think, ix
Wi-Fi, 217
WiMicro, 116–117
Windows
Bluetooth password for pairing, 74
Bluetooth negotiation, 77
network settings, 84–85
ping, 86–87
PuTTY, 27, 32–33
serial communication, 32–33
telnet, 89, 150
upgrading XBee firmware, 226–227
webcam, 94–95
WiPort, 42, 116–117
wire
hookup, common, 22–23
stripper, 22–23
wireless
Bluetooth transceiver project,
207–216
Bluetooth, Monski Pong project,
71–74
duplex radio transmission project,
193–206
infrared overview, 179–180
limitations, 178
Monski Pong project, 71–74
overview, 178
radio overview, 179, 184–185
solar cell data project, 250–258
transmitter-receiver pair project,
infrared, 181–183
transmitter-receiver pair project,
radio, 186–191
Wi-Fi, 217
Wiring
analog input circuit, 42–46
Arduino, compared with, 36
Wiring (continued)
basic circuits, 42–46
blink example program, 40
digital input circuit, 42–46
forums, 40
installation, 37–39
overview, 34–44
serial example program, 41–42
updates, 37
voltage divider circuit, 42–45
wiring components, 42–44
X
X10, 318
XBee
802.15.4 messages, 225–226
duplex radio transmission project,
193–206
new, 358
RSSI project, 273–275
solar cell data project, 250–258
toxic chemical sens ...
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