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Arduino IoT Cloud for Developers

By : Muhammad Afzal
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Arduino IoT Cloud for Developers

By: Muhammad Afzal

Overview of this book

The Arduino IoT Cloud offers a variety of features for building modern IoT solutions while reducing time and costs for prototyping and deployment. This book is a step-by-step guide, helping you master the powerful Arduino IoT Cloud ecosystem. This book begins by introducing you to the IoT landscape including its architecture, communication technologies, and protocols and then to the capabilities of the Arduino IoT Cloud platform and the Cloud Editor. With practical projects, such as monitoring air quality, building a portable asset tracker, and creating a remote alarm system using the LoRaWAN specification, you'll learn how to implement real-world IoT applications. Next, you'll explore communication between IoT devices and cloud platforms as well as the implementation of the Arduino IoT Cloud SDK and JavaScript for advanced customization. You'll also find out how to program IoT nodes, analyze the surrounding environment data, and visualize it on dashboards. Additionally, you’ll get to grips with advanced features such as task scheduling, synchronization, remote over-the-air updates for IoT nodes, and scripting with CCLI, through hands-on examples. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to work with the Arduino IoT Cloud platform and related hardware devices and will be able to develop industry-specific and cost-effective IoT solutions, such as smart homes and smart agriculture.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to IoT and Communication Technologies and the Arduino IoT Cloud
5
Part 2: Getting Hands-On with Different Communication Technologies
9
Part 3: Exchanging Data between Nodes and Cloud Applications
14
Part 4: Learning Advanced Features of the Arduino IoT Cloud and Looking Ahead

Essential hardware – sensors and development boards

The Arduino series has a wide collection of development boards that vary in size, pins, and communication technologies. In this chapter, we will use the Arduino MKR WAN 1300 development board, as it’s compact, battery-enabled, and provides support for different frequencies from different regions around the world, including 433/868/915 MHz. Figure 6.2 shows a pinout diagram of the MKR WAN 1300.

Figure 6.2 – Arduino MKR WAN 1300

Figure 6.2 – Arduino MKR WAN 1300

The Arduino MKR WAN 1300 provides seven analog pins, which start with A (A0, A1, and so on), and eight digital input/output pins, which start with D (D0, D1, and so on), with built-in battery charging and a lithium polymer (LiPo) battery connector for standby power, which helps developers build prototypes and solutions for remote monitoring/operations without worrying about power backups. For further updates and the latest product development news, please visit...