Arduino: A Quick-Start Guide, 2nd Edition

Exercises

• Build a project similar to the burglar alarm, but use another type of sensor. There’s tons of inspiration out there on the Web.^[123]

• Add the current timestamp to the burglar alarm email. Get the timestamp from a Daytime service.

• Add support for DHCP and DNS to the burglar alarm.

• Add support for Base64 to the burglar alarm, so you no longer have to manually encode your username and password. A Base64 library is available.^[124]

• Add a piezo buzzer to the project and emit a beeping sound whenever a burglar is detected.

• Get a TTL Serial Camera^[125] and attach photos of the burglar to your emails. This is a fairly advanced exercise. You have to learn how to control the camera, and you also have to learn how to send email attachments. ...