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Arduino Data Communications

By : Robert Thas John
5 (1)
Book Image

Arduino Data Communications

5 (1)
By: Robert Thas John

Overview of this book

In our modern, internet-connected world, where billions of devices constantly collect and send data to systems to be stored and processed, it’s surprising how the intricacies of data transmission and storage are often overlooked in the IoT domain. With Arduino Data Communications, you'll bridge the knowledge gap and become an expert in collecting data from IoT sensors, transmitting data, and configuring your own databases. This book is an exploration of IoT’s inner workings, guiding you through the process of setting up an end-to-end system that you can employ to prototype your own IoT solutions, using easy-to-follow examples. It begins with a general overview of the Arduino ecosystem, acquainting you with various sensors and shields and unveiling the art of data collection. You’ll then explore data formats and methods to store data, both locally and on database servers. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll learn how to set up REST and MQTT infrastructure to communicate with databases and get hands-on with LoRaWAN, Ethernet, cellular, HC-12, and RS-485. The final chapters are your training ground for real-world projects, imparting the essential knowledge you need to tackle complex challenges with confidence. By the end of this Arduino book, you'll have seamlessly configured an end-to-end system, all while immersing yourself in practical scenarios that bring the world of IoT to life.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1:Introduction to Arduino and Sensor Data
7
Part 2:Sending Data
14
Part 3: Miscellaneous Topics

Working with sensor shields

We will work on two projects that measure environmental data and motion data. We will do two new things in these projects:

  • Get time from an NTP server so that we have a sense of when exactly we are taking sensor readings. This is useful because it’s important to assign a date and time to any reading that we will be storing.
  • Learn to put readings into a format called JSON. JSON is short for JavaScript Object Notation and is a useful format for sending data over the internet.

Project 1 – Working with the MKR ENV Shield R2

In this project, you will learn to take sensor readings from the Arduino MKR ENV Shield R2. This shield has the following onboard sensors:

  • LPS22HP: Atmospheric pressure sensor from ST Microelectronics
  • HTS221: Temperature and humidity sensor from ST Microelectronics
  • TEMT6000: Light intensity sensor from Vishay

The code for this project is available in the following GitHub repository...