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Internet of Things Programming Projects

By : Colin Dow
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Internet of Things Programming Projects

By: Colin Dow

Overview of this book

The Internet of Things (IOT) has managed to attract the attention of researchers and tech enthusiasts, since it powerfully combines classical networks with instruments and devices. In Internet of Things Programming Projects, we unleash the power of Raspberry Pi and Python to create engaging projects. In the first part of the book, you’ll be introduced to the Raspberry Pi, learn how to set it up, and then jump right into Python programming. Then, you’ll dive into real-world computing by creating a“Hello World” app using flash LEDs. As you make your way through the chapters, you’ll go back to an age when analog needle meters ruled the world of data display. You’ll learn to retrieve weather data from a web service and display it on an analog needle meter, and build a home security system using the Raspberry Pi. The next project has a modern twist, where we employ the Raspberry Pi to send a signal to a web service that will send you a text when someone is at the door. In the final project, you take what you've learned from the previous two projects and create an IoT robot car that you can use to monitor what your pets are up to when you are away. By the end of this book, you will be well versed in almost every possible way to make your IoT projects stand out.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Questions

  1. How does the Blue Dot app connect to our Raspberry Pi?
  2. True or false? Running a message through the Twilio test environment creates a text message that is sent to your phone.
  3. What is the name of the service we use to send text messages?
  4. True or false? We create our SecretDoorbell class as a subclass of the Doorbell class.
  5. What are the four Blue Dot gestures we use in our second application?
  6. True or false? Naming a class in a way that describes what it does makes coding easier.
  7. What is the difference between Doorbell and SecretDoorbell?
  8. True or false? Josephine's ring pattern involves one long buzzer sound.
  9. True or false? You need to use an Android phone in order to receive text messages from our applications.
  10. How should Constance swipe the blue dot, so we know that it's her at the door?