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Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook

By : Marco Schwartz
Book Image

Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook

By: Marco Schwartz

Overview of this book

Arduino is a powerful and very versatile platform used by millions of people around the world to create DIY electronics projects. It can be connected to a wide variety of sensors and other components, making it the ideal platform to build amazing Internet of Things (IoT) projects on—the next wave in the era of computing. This book takes a recipe-based approach, giving you precise examples on how to build IoT projects of all types using the Arduino platform. You will come across projects from several fields, including the popular robotics and home automation domains. Along with being introduced to several forms of interactions within IoT, including projects that directly interact with well-known web services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Dropbox we will also focus on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interactions, where Arduino projects interact without any human intervention. You will learn to build a few quick and easy-to-make fun projects that will really expand your horizons in the world of IoT and Arduino. Each chapter ends with a troubleshooting recipe that will help you overcome any problems faced while building these projects. By the end of this book, you will not only know how to build these projects, but also have the skills necessary to build your own IoT projects in the future.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Smart cloud thermostat


In this recipe, we are going to combine several things we have already seen in this chapter, to create a simple thermostat that is completely based on cloud interactions between two Arduino boards.

Getting ready

This project will be based of two different boards: one will measure the temperature and send events to IFTTT, and the other one will be connected to a relay that will simulate an electrical heater.

Let's first see how to assemble the first board. First, place the DHT11 sensor on the breadboard. Then, connect the first pin of the sensor to VCC on the Arduino board, and the last pin of the sensor to the GND pin of the Arduino board. Finally, connect the second pin of the sensor to Arduino pin 6. This is the final result:

For the relay board, simply connect the VCC pin of the relay to Arduino VCC, GND to GND, and finally the SIG pin of the relay to Arduino pin 6. This is the final result:

How to do it...

Let's now configure the boards, starting with the one connected...