overview, 17
of PCB, 234–235
in quiet fire alarm, 125–129
in Raspberry Pi control center project, 151–154
using heatshrink, 235–237
soldering irons
caution using, 231
power consumption of, 21
selecting, 231
source code for this book, 92, 142
SparkFun Beginners Parts Kit, 224
SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), 217
SPI library, 217
.split() function, 148
sponges, 231
state of charge (SOC), 54
Status area, Arduino IDE, 247
stepPause constant, 177
sticky attribute, 147
stoves, 11
StringVar variable, 147
stripping wires, 227–228
sudo command, 87, 156
suppliers, brick-and-mortar, 16–17, 222
surveillance. See Raspberry Pi single-board computer, using for surveillance; USB webcam; wireless surveillance system
survivors, teaming up with, 14–15
switch box, in remote door lock project, 107–108
swords, 11, 12
sys module, 92
T
tablets, using with wireless surveillance system project, 98
teaming up with survivors, 14–15
temperature alarm, 131–137
attaching temperature sensor lead to screwshield, 134
constructing, 132–134
making longer lead for TMP36, 134
materials for, 132
software for, 135–136
using, 137
temperature measurement, on multimeters, 242
TEMP_MAX constant, 146
TEMP_MIN constant, 146
theft, 15
thermocouple probe, 242
thermometer, on multimeters, 242
tilde (~), 254
time module, 92
Tk graphics library, 147
Tkinter, 146
TMP36 temperature sensor, 132–134
tools, 17, 224
traps, 12. See also trip wire alarm
treadmills, 34
trip wire alarm, 64–72
constructing, 66–71
materials for, 65–66
using, 71–72
twisting wires, 228–230
TXD pin, 150
U
United States, voltage in, 23
uploading Arduino sketches, 247–248
USB Bluetooth dongles, 149
USB power, 48–49
USB webcam, 87–96
constructing, 89–95
materials for, 88–89
using, 95–96
V
variables, creating, 250
vibration motors, 211–213, 216
voltage, 22
AC, 23–24
DC, 22–23, 238–239
generated by analog outputs, 255
voltage dividers, 54, 55
volts_var variable, 147
W
The Walking Dead (film), 7
warn function, 116
water, 10–11, 14
water wheels, 34
Watt, James, 20
watts, 20, 26
wave function, 178
weak people, 15
weapons, 11–12
weather conditions, 10
webcam projects. See USB webcam; wireless surveillance system
weights parameter, 93–94
wget utility, 185
while command, 254, 256
window_res constraint, 92–93
window_size, 93
wind turbines, 34
wing shields, 54
wire cutters (snips), 231
wireless Raspberry Pi control center, 149–156
constructing, 150–154
materials for, 150
software for, 154–156
using, 156
wireless surveillance system, 96–102
constructing, 98–102
materials for, 97–98
using, 102
wires
in Arduino Morse code beacon project, 199–201
insulating, using heatshrink, 235–237
joining
by soldering, 230, 231–233
by twisting, 228–230
stripping, 227–228
World War Z (film), 7
Z
zombies, 6–8
distracting. See Arduino flash distractor; Arduino movement and sound distractor
fighting, 11–13
population of, 8–9
types of, 6–7
whether really dead, 7–8
zombies-master.zip file, 248–249
“Zombie Special” episode of Mythbusters, 11
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