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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

Configuring the The Things Indoor Gateway

In this section, we will set up the The Things Indoor Gateway. It is available in different frequencies but I have a gateway with the EU868 MHz frequency. If you already have the LoRaWAN gateway in your area and want to skip this section, you’re good to go, but if you don’t have the gateway in your area, then this section is mandatory for MKR WAN 1300 communication. Without the gateway, your module will not communicate with the Arduino IoT Cloud. To set up the gateway, please follow these steps:

  1. Open your gateway box, set it up with a power cable, and turn on the gateway. If you are using a brand-new gateway, then it will be in setup mode; otherwise, you can put the gateway into setup mode by pressing the SETUP button for a few seconds when the orange and green lights start blinking. This means the gateway has entered setup mode.
  2. Select the Wi-Fi network of your the The Things Indoor Gateway, and connect to it. The...