About the Reviewers

Ruben Oliva Ramos is a Computer Systems Engineer from Tecnologico of León Institute, with a master's degree in Computer and Electronic Systems Engineering, Teleinformatics and Networking Specialization from the University of Salle Bajio in Leon, Guanajuato Mexico. He has more than five years of experience in developing WEB applications to control and monitor devices connected to Arduino, and Raspberry Pi using WEB Frameworks and Cloud Services to build the Internet of Things applications.

He is a mechatronics teacher  the University of Salle Bajio and teaches students in the master's degree in Design and Engineering of Mechatronics Systems, he also works at Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologico Industrial 225 in Leon, Guanajuato Mexico, teaching subjects like: Electronics, Robotics and Control, Automation and Microcontrollers at the Mechatronics Technician Career, Consultant, and developer projects in areas like: Monitoring systems and data logger data using technologies: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5, PHP, CSS, Ajax, JavaScript, Angular, ASP .NET databases: SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL, WEB Servers: Node.js, IIS, hardware programming: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Ethernet Shield, GPS and GSM/GPRS, ESP8266, control and monitor Systems for data Acquisition and Programming.

He has written the book Internet of Things Programming with JavaScript, by Packt. Also Monitoring, Controlling and Acquisition of Data with Arduino and Visual Basic .NET for Alfaomega. 

I would like to thank my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ for giving me strength and courage to pursue this project; to my dearest wife, Mayte, our two lovely sons, Ruben and Dario, To my father (Ruben), my dearest mom (Rosalia), my brother (Juan Tomas), and my sister (Rosalia) whom I love, for all their support while reviewing this book, for allowing me to pursue my dream and tolerating my not being with them after my busy day job.

I’m very grateful to Packt Publishing for giving the opportunity to collaborate as an author and reviewer, and to be a part of this honest and professional team.

Pradeeka Seneviratne is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in computer programming and systems designing. He is an expert in the development of Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based embedded systems. Pradeeka is currently a full-time embedded software engineer who works with embedded systems and highly scalable technologies. Previously, he worked as a software engineer for several IT infrastructures and technology servicing companies. He collaborated with the Outernet (Free data from space, forever) project as a hardware volunteer and a software tester for Lighthouse, and Raspberry Pi-based DIY Outernet receivers based on Ku band satellite frequencies. He is also the author of four books:

  • Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints, by Packt
  • IoT: Building Arduino-based Projects, by Packt
  • Building Arduino PLCs, by Apress
  • Raspberry Pi 3 Projects for Java Programmers, by Packt

 

 

 

 

Vasilis Tzivaras is a Computer Engineer holding a BSc degree in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina in Greece. His thesis is about the autonomous landing of a quadcopter using IBVS. During his studies, he was the chair of the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Ioannina. With his colleagues, he has organized workshops and lead projects relevant to robotics and other technologies. Using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other low cost and energy solutions he has taken part in many hackathons and contests and has also taken a good place. He is the writer of Building a Quadcopter with Arduino that was published in 2015 and Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects that will be published by the end of 2017.

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