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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

Choosing a robotic platform


The first step that you need to take in order to build a nice mobile robot is to choose the correct platform. There are many choices available that are compatible with the Arduino MKR1000 board. We are going to review these options, and also choose a platform for the rest of the chapter.

Choosing a platform

The first kind of robots that are available are two-wheeled robots, such as this chassis from Emgreat:

These platforms usually come with two motors already mounted on the robot, along with two wheels and a flywheel in front of the robot. They are easy to use, and you can usually mount an Arduino board on them.

You also have four-wheeled robots, such as this other product from Emgreat:

These are more stable than the two-wheeled platforms, but they are also more complex to control as you need to control four independent DC motors in the code of the Arduino board.

Finally, you have Rover platforms, which are basically like the four-wheeled robots, but with continuous...