The Maker's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse: Defend Your Base with Simple Circuits, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

Cover....1 Title....4 Copyright....5 About the Author....8 About the Technical Reviewer....8 Brief Contents....10 Contents....12 Acknowledgements....18 Introduction....20 Key Maker Survival Skills....20 About the Apocalypse Survival Projects....21 Resources to Download Before the Zombies Rise....23 1: Apocalypse Basics....24 Zombies....25 Types of Zombies....25 Are Zombies Really Dead?....26 How Long Will the Zombies Be Around?....27 Postapocalypse Survival 101....28 Home....28 Water....29 Food and Fuel....30 Zombie Killing....30 Dressing to Kill....31 Staying Healthy....32 Be Prepared....33 Other Survivors....33 Parts for Projects....34 Cars....34 Brick-and-Mortar Parts Stores....35 Project Construction....36 Soldering....36 Mechanical Construction....36 Electronic Modules....36 2: Generating Electricity....38 Power and Energy....39 Flavors of Electricity....40 Low-Voltage DC....41 High-Voltage AC....42 Batteries....43 Single-Use Batteries....44 Rechargeable Batteries....44 Battery Charging....44 Project 1: Solar Recharging....45 Solar Panels....45 Charge Controllers....45 What You Will Need....46 Construction....47 Using the Solar Charger....52 Project 2: Bicycle Generator....53 What You Will Need....54 Construction....54 Using the Pedal Generator....62 3: Using Electricity....64 Powering Devices from a Car Battery....65 Cigarette Lighter Sockets....65 USB Power....67 AC Inverters....68 Project 3: LED Lighting....68 What You Will Need....69 Construction....69 Using the Lighting....71 Project 4: Battery Monitor....72 What You Will Need....73 Construction....74 Software....76 Using the Battery Monitor....80 4: Zombie Alarms....82 Project 5: Trip Wire Alarm....83 What You Will Need....84 Construction....85 Using the Trip Wire Alarm....90 Project 6: PIR Zombie Detector....91 What You Will Need....92 Construction....93 Software....95 Using the PIR Zombie Detector....96 Scavenged PIR Sensors....96 5: Surveillance and Raspberry Pi....100 The Raspberry Pi....101 The Raspberry Pi System....102 What You Will Need....103 Powering the System....104 Installing Raspbian....105 Project 7: Monitor Zombies with a USB Webcam....106 What You Will Need....107 Construction....108 Using the Webcam....114 Project 8: A Wireless Zombie Surveillance System....115 What You Will Need....116 Construction....117 Using the Wi-Fi Webcam....121 6: Add Remote Access and Detect Open Doors....122 Project 9: Remote Door Lock....124 What You Will Need....125 Construction....125 Going Wireless to Open Doors Ahead of Time....130 Project 10: Door Sensor....131 What You Will Need....132 Construction....133 Software....134 Using the Door Sensor....136 7: Environmental Monitoring....138 Project 11: Quiet Fire Alarm....139 What You Will Need....140 Construction....141 Software....148 Using the Fire Alarm....150 Project 12: Temperature Alarm....150 What You Will Need....151 Construction....151 Software....154 Using the Temperature Alarm....156 8: Building a Control Center for Your Base....158 Project 13: A Raspberry Pi Control Center....159 What You Will Need....160 Construction....160 Software....161 Using the Control Center....167 Project 14: Going Wireless with Bluetooth....168 What You Will Need....169 Construction....169 Software....173 Using the Bluetooth-Enabled Command Center....175 9: Zombie Distractors....176 Project 15: Arduino Flash Distractor....177 What You Will Need....179 Construction....180 Software....185 Using the Flash Distractor....187 Project 16: Arduino Movement and Sound Distractor....188 What You Will Need....189 Construction....190 Software....196 Using the Sound and Movement Distractor....199 10: Communicating with Other Survivors....200 Project 17: A Raspberry Pi Radio Transmitter Beacon....201 What You Will Need....201 Construction....203 Software....203 Using the FM Transmitter....204 Project 18: Arduino FM Radio Frequency Hopper....207 What You Will Need....208 Construction....208 Software....213 Using the Radio Scanner....215 Project 19: Arduino Morse Code Beacon....215 What You Will Need....216 Construction....217 Software....220 Using the Morse Beacon....224 11: Haptic Communication....228 Project 20: Silent Haptic Communication with Arduino....228 What You Will Need....230 Construction....231 Software....236 Using the Haptic Communicator....239 A: Parts....240 A Note on Brick-and-mortar Suppliers....241 Electronics Modules....241 Raspberry Pi and Related Parts....242 Leads and Connectors....242 Tools....243 Electronic Components....243 Other Hardware....244 Resistor Color Codes....244 B: Basic Skills....246 Stripping Wires....246 Joining Wires by Twisting....248 Soldering Basics....249 Joining Wires with Solder....250 Soldering a PCB....253 Using Heatshrink....254 Using a Multimeter....256 Measuring DC Voltage....257 Measuring DC Current....258 Measuring Resistance....259 Continuity Testing....260 Bells and Whistles....261 C: Arduino Primer....262 What Is an Arduino?....262 Arduino Software....264 Installing the Arduino IDE....264 Uploading a Sketch....266 Installing the Antizombie Sketches....267 Arduino Programming Basics....268 Structure of an Arduino Sketch....268 Creating Variables and Constants....269 Configuring Digital Outputs....270 Configuring Digital Inputs....270 Stabilizing Digital Inputs with Pull-up Resistors....271 Reading Analog Inputs....272 Writing to Analog Outputs....273 Repeating Code in Control Loops....273 Setting Two Conditions with If/Else....275 Making Logical Comparisons....275 Grouping Code into Functions....276 Assembling a Screwshield....278 Further Resources....280 Index....282 A....282 B....283 C....284 D....285 E....285 F....286 G....286 H....286 I....286 J....287 K....287 L....287 M....287 N....288 O....288 P....288 Q....289 R....289 S....290 T....291 U....292 V....292 W....292 Z....292 Back Cover....296