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Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook

By : Marco Schwartz
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Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook

By: Marco Schwartz

Overview of this book

Arduino is a powerful and very versatile platform used by millions of people around the world to create DIY electronics projects. It can be connected to a wide variety of sensors and other components, making it the ideal platform to build amazing Internet of Things (IoT) projects on—the next wave in the era of computing. This book takes a recipe-based approach, giving you precise examples on how to build IoT projects of all types using the Arduino platform. You will come across projects from several fields, including the popular robotics and home automation domains. Along with being introduced to several forms of interactions within IoT, including projects that directly interact with well-known web services such as Twitter, Facebook, and Dropbox we will also focus on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interactions, where Arduino projects interact without any human intervention. You will learn to build a few quick and easy-to-make fun projects that will really expand your horizons in the world of IoT and Arduino. Each chapter ends with a troubleshooting recipe that will help you overcome any problems faced while building these projects. By the end of this book, you will not only know how to build these projects, but also have the skills necessary to build your own IoT projects in the future.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Internet of Things with Arduino Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Troubleshooting issues with web services


In this part of the chapter, we are going to see what can go wrong when using your Arduino board to interact with web services. Indeed, some of the steps involved here are quite complex and many things can go differently than expected.

Updates

The first thing that can happen is incorrectly entering your Twitter API keys or Facebook access token inside the Arduino sketch. Also make sure that you correctly entered the callback URL inside the Facebook app settings. Finally, make sure that you didn't reach the calls limit on Temboo.

No notifications are triggered

If you don't receive any notifications from IFTTT, either via push notifications or text messages, first check that you entered the correct Maker key for IFTTT inside the sketch, as well as the correct event name. Also check that the recipe is still marked as active on IFTTT. Finally, make sure that you are connected to the Internet with your Arduino board, and that the sensors connected to the board...