Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when devices that you've built start to talk to each other, things really start to get interesting. Through a series of simple projects, you'll learn how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need. This book is perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest. Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor weather conditions at several locations at once, or a sculptor who wants to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. Making Things Talk demonstrates that once you figure out how objects communicate -- whether they're microcontroller-powered devices, email programs, or networked databases -- you can get them to interact. Each chapter in contains instructions on how to build working projects that help you do just that. You will:
<ul>
<li>Make your pet's bed send you email</li>
<li>Make your own seesaw game controller that communicates over the Internet</li>
<li>Learn how to use ZigBee and Bluetooth radios to transmit sensor data wirelessly</li>
<li>Set up communication between microcontrollers, personal computers, and web servers using three easy-to-program, open source environments: Arduino/Wiring, Processing, and PHP.</li>
<li>Write programs to send data across the Internet based on physical activity in your home, office, or backyard</li>
<li>And much more</li>
</ul>With a little electronics know-how, basic (not necessarily in BASIC) programming skills, a couple of inexpensive microcontroller kits and some network modules to make them communicate using Ethernet, ZigBee, and Bluetooth, you can get started on these projects right away. With Making Things Talk, the possibilities are practically endless.

Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects

Computers & Technology

Igoe, Tom

Networking & Cloud Computing

Maker Media, Inc

NFC, or Near Field Communication, is a protocol for the contactless exchange of data between devices (such as the Android-powered Nexus S) and/or certain kinds of tags. NFC also interoperates with certain RFID tags such as the Mifare tags. Where the fun begins is when you throw hobbyist hardware into the mix. The inexpensive ($30) SonMicro RFID reader/writer, when paired with an equally inexpensive antenna, gives you the ability to encode custom messages on RFID tags that you can later read by tapping the tags against your phone. This book shows how you can exchange data between Android, Arduino, and Processing using NFC and RFID.

Beginning Nfc: Near-field Communication With Arduino, Android, and Phonegap

Jepson, Brian

Coleman, Don

Oreilly & Associates Inc

If you want to experiment with radio frequency identification (Rfid), this book is the perfect place to start. All you need is some experience with Arduino and Processing, the ability to connect basic circuits on a breadboard with jumper wire and you're good to go. You'll be guided through three hands-on projects that let you experience Rfid in action. Rfid is used in various applications, such as identifying store items or accessing a toll road with an Ezpass system. After you build each of the book's projects in succession, you'll have the knowledge to pursue Rfid applications of your own. Use Processing to get a sense of how Rfid readers behave Connect Arduino to an Rfid reader and discover how to use Rfid tags as keys Automate your office or home, using Rfid to turn on systems when you're present, and turn them off when you leave Get a complete list of materials you need, along with code samples and helpful illustrations Tackle each project with easy-to-follow explanations of how the code works

Getting Started with RFID: Identify Objects in the Physical World with Arduino (Make: Projects)

Make Community, LLC

Jump into the world of Near Field Communications (NFC), the fast-growing technology that lets devices in close proximity exchange data, using radio signals. With lots of examples, sample code, exercises, and step-by-step projects, this hands-on guide shows you how to build NFC applications for Android, the Arduino microcontroller, and embedded Linux devices.
You’ll learn how to write apps using the NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) in PhoneGap, Arduino, and node.js that help devices read messages from passive NFC tags and exchange data with other NFC-enabled devices. If you know HTML and JavaScript, you’re ready to start with NFC.
<ul>
<li>Dig into NFC’s architecture, and learn how it’s related to RFID</li>
<li>Write sample apps for Android with PhoneGap and its NFC plugin</li>
<li>Dive into NDEF: examine existing tag-writer apps and build your own</li>
<li>Listen for and filter NDEF messages, using PhoneGap event listeners</li>
<li>Build a full Android app to control lights and music in your home</li>
<li>Create a hotel registration app with Arduino, from check-in to door lock</li>
<li>Write peer-to-peer NFC messages between two Android devices</li>
<li>Explore embedded Linux applications, using examples on Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone</li>
</ul>

Beginning NFC: Near Field Communication with Arduino, Android, and PhoneGap

O'Reilly Media

Make microcontrollers, PCs, servers, and smartphones talk to each other.
Building electronic projects that interact with the physical world is good fun. But when the devices you've built start to talk to each other, things really get interesting. With 33 easy-to-build projects, Making Things Talk shows you how to get your gadgets to communicate with you and your environment. It’s perfect for people with little technical training but a lot of interest.
Maybe you're a science teacher who wants to show students how to monitor the weather in several locations at once. Or a sculptor looking to stage a room of choreographed mechanical sculptures. In this expanded edition, you’ll learn how to form networks of smart devices that share data and respond to commands.
<ul>
<li>Call your home thermostat with a smartphone and change the temperature.</li>
<li>Create your own game controllers that communicate over a network.</li>
<li>Use ZigBee, Bluetooth, Infrared, and plain old radio to transmit sensor data wirelessly.</li>
<li>Work with Arduino 1.0, Processing, and PHP—three easy-to-use, open source environments.</li>
<li>Write programs to send data across the Internet, based on physical activity in your home, office, or backyard.</li>
</ul>
Whether you want to connect simple home sensors to the Internet, or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other gadgets, this book explains exactly what you need.

Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to see, hear, and feel your world

The workbenches of hobbyists, hackers, and makers have become overrun with microcontrollers, computers-on-a-chip that power homebrewed video games, robots, toys, and more. In Making Things Talk, Tom Igoe, one of the creators of Arduino, shows how to make these gadgets talk. 
 Whether you need to connect some sensors to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, this book shows you what you need. Although they are powerful, the projects in this book are inexpensive to build: the Arduino microcontroller board itself ranges from around $25 to $40. The networking hardware covered here includes Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and can be had for $25 to $50. 
 Fully updated for the latest Arduino hardware and software, this book lets you combine microcontrollers, sensors, and networking hardware to make things... and make them talk to each other!

Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to See, Hear, and Feel Your World

Computer Science

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