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Internet of Things with Python

By : Gaston C. Hillar
Book Image

Internet of Things with Python

By: Gaston C. Hillar

Overview of this book

Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing the way devices/things interact with each other. And when you have IoT with Python on your side, you'll be able to build interactive objects and design them. This book lets you stay at the forefront of cutting-edge research on IoT. We'll open up the possibilities using tools that enable you to interact with the world, such as Intel Galileo Gen 2, sensors, and other hardware. You will learn how to read, write, and convert digital values to generate analog output by programming Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) in Python. You will get familiar with the complex communication system included in the board, so you can interact with any shield, actuator, or sensor. Later on, you will not only see how to work with data received from the sensors, but also perform actions by sending them to a specific shield. You'll be able to connect your IoT device to the entire world, by integrating WiFi, Bluetooth, and Internet settings. With everything ready, you will see how to work in real time on your IoT device using the MQTT protocol in python. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop IoT prototypes with Python, libraries, and tools.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Internet of Things with Python
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Wiring an OLED dot matrix to the I2C bus


LCD displays are not the only option when we have to display content on an external screen through the I2C or SPI buses. There are also OLED dot matrixes that allow us to control a specific number of dots. In OLED dot matrices we have control over each dot, instead of controlling each character space. Some of them are grayscale and others RGB.

The key advantage of OLED dot matrixes is that we can display any kind of graphics and not just text. In fact, we can mix any kind of graphics and images with text. The Grove OLED Display 0.96" is an example of a 16 grayscale 96-by-96 dot matrix OLED display module that works with the I2C bus. The following URL provides detailed information about this breakout board: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Grove-OLED-Display-096-p-824.html. The Xadow RGB OLED 96x24 is an example of an RGB color 96-by-64 dot matrix OLED display module that works with the SPI bus. The following URL provides detailed information about...