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Developing IoT Projects with ESP32 - Second Edition

By : Vedat Ozan Oner
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Developing IoT Projects with ESP32 - Second Edition

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By: Vedat Ozan Oner

Overview of this book

ESP32, a low-cost and energy-efficient system-on-a-chip microcontroller, has become the backbone of numerous WiFi devices, fueling IoT innovation. This book offers a holistic approach to building an IoT system from the ground up, ensuring secure data communication from sensors to cloud platforms, empowering you to create production-grade IoT solutions using the ESP32 SoC. Starting with IoT essentials supported by real-world use cases, this book takes you through the entire process of constructing an IoT device using ESP32. Each chapter introduces new dimensions to your IoT applications, covering sensor communication, the integration of prominent IoT libraries like LittleFS and LVGL, connectivity options via WiFi, security measures, cloud integration, and the visualization of real-time data using Grafana. Furthermore, a dedicated section explores AI/ML for embedded systems, guiding you through building and running ML applications with tinyML and ESP32-S3 to create state-of-the-art embedded products. This book adopts a hands-on approach, ensuring you can start building IoT solutions right from the beginning. Towards the end of the book, you'll tackle a full-scale Smart Home project, applying all the techniques you've learned in real-time. Embark on your journey to build secure, production-grade IoT systems with ESP32 today!
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Index

Solution architecture

As discussed, the goal of the project is to develop a smart device to detect baby cries. When it detects the event, it will pass this information to the ESP RainMaker platform and generate a notification on the mobile application. The solution will also integrate with Amazon Alexa and baby-crying events will be reflected on Amazon Alexa as well. The following figure shows this basic architecture:

Figure 12.1: ESP RainMaker Solution components

The ESP RainMaker platform (https://rainmaker.espressif.com/) will provide the following functionality:

  • Device provisioning – adding/removing devices via the mobile application
  • Remote monitoring
  • Mobile notifications
  • Alexa Voice Service integration

The other platform that we are going to employ in this project is Edge Impulse. We need to have an ML model to analyze audio data and make inferences to decide whether a baby’s cry is detected. We don’t need...