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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

Provisioning ESP32 on a Wi-Fi network

Provisioning is a standard feature in almost every IoT solution. It is usually the first thing to do during the installation of an IoT device, and for IoT devices, the easier the installation, the happier the user. The key issue here is how to share the credentials of a Wi-Fi network in a secure way. Luckily, ESP-IDF supports several methods for Wi-Fi provisioning:

  • Unified provisioning from Espressif: With this provisioning method, we can select BLE or Wi-Fi as the transport layer to share the credentials of the Wi-Fi network to be joined. If BLE is selected, the device to be provisioned runs a GATT server to receive the credentials. When Wi-Fi SoftAP is the transport scheme, the device starts a Soft Access Point (softAP) and HTTP server to receive the credentials. A client application, e.g., a mobile application, connects to the device and shares the credentials.
  • SmartConfig from Texas Instruments: This provisioning method is...