Building Wireless Sensor Networks Using Arduino

Leverage the powerful Arduino and XBee platforms to monitor and control your surroundings

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What you will learn

• Interact with XBee boards using the XCTU program on Windows, OS X, or Linux
• Make your Arduino boards communicate wirelessly, using XBee modules in the advanced API mode
• Centrally collect and store measured sensor data, in the cloud or your own database
• Connect the coordinator Arduino to the Internet and send data to web services
• Control your environment automatically, based on sensor input from your network
• Interact with offtheshelf ZigBee Home Automation devices
• Make your devices batterypowered and let them sleep to get months or even years of battery life

Who this book is for