Building Wireless Sensor Networks

"Building Wireless Sensor Networks: with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing" by Robert Faludi is dedicated to tech enthusiasts and professionals who are eager to work with wireless sensor networks, aka WSNs. Though it was published about a decade ago, the book continues to stand out due to its practical approach and easy-to-follow instructions.

Faludi begins his book by explaining the basics of WSNs and the advantages that arise from using ZigBee for low-power apps that don’t need to exchange a lot of data. He takes the time to demystify most of the tech jargon, making this section accessible to beginners as well.

The author’s hands-on approach becomes more and more valuable as you progress through the book, due to the huge variety of practical projects with step-by-step instructions and simple code snippets that do the job.

If you’ve ever wanted to build your own sensor network, you will discover that this book is one of the very few that have managed to bridge the hardware-software gap successfully.