{ "item_title" : "The Complete Handbook of Smart Home Automation", "item_author" : [" Tobias Whitmere "], "item_description" : "A smart home should make everyday life easier-not become another system the household has to troubleshoot.Connected devices are only the beginning. A motion sensor can miss a quiet occupant, two schedules can issue conflicting commands, and a notification can fail to reach the person who needs it. Even a working routine may become inconvenient if visitors cannot find a simple physical control. A reliable installation starts with clear requirements, not an ever-growing device list.The Complete Handbook of Smart Home Automation offers a practical, platform-neutral method for planning, building, testing, and maintaining useful residential automation. It explains how sensors, controllers, networks, and physical equipment work together, and why manual fallbacks, honest status reporting, and recovery tests matter.Inside, you will learn to: Plan a phased system using room surveys, compatibility checks, budgets, and acceptance criteria.Understand wireless coverage, device connectivity, gateways, local control, and external dependencies.Write predictable routines with triggers, states, manual overrides, and restart-aware logic.Develop projects for lighting, shading, comfort monitoring, door alerts, cameras, and water-leak awareness.Examine energy use and scheduling through measured evidence rather than assumed savings.Troubleshoot faults, manage changes, test recovery, and document a system others can operate.Across twelve chapters, worked examples, applied workshops, practice problems, and planning templates turn design principles into practical decisions. The book is for homeowners, renters, and hands-on learners who want an understandable, maintainable system rather than a collection of disconnected gadgets. Equipment-specific instructions and qualified assistance remain essential for regulated or hazardous work. Get your copy and start building household automation around clear purpose, sensible control, and dependable everyday use.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/814/015/9798140157470_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "22.87", "online_price" : "22.87", "our_price" : "22.87", "club_price" : "22.87", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

Overview

Customers Also Bought

Details