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Internet of Things with Python

By : Gaston C. Hillar
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Internet of Things with Python

By: Gaston C. Hillar

Overview of this book

Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing the way devices/things interact with each other. And when you have IoT with Python on your side, you'll be able to build interactive objects and design them. This book lets you stay at the forefront of cutting-edge research on IoT. We'll open up the possibilities using tools that enable you to interact with the world, such as Intel Galileo Gen 2, sensors, and other hardware. You will learn how to read, write, and convert digital values to generate analog output by programming Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) in Python. You will get familiar with the complex communication system included in the board, so you can interact with any shield, actuator, or sensor. Later on, you will not only see how to work with data received from the sensors, but also perform actions by sending them to a specific shield. You'll be able to connect your IoT device to the entire world, by integrating WiFi, Bluetooth, and Internet settings. With everything ready, you will see how to work in real time on your IoT device using the MQTT protocol in python. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop IoT prototypes with Python, libraries, and tools.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Internet of Things with Python
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Understanding pushbuttons and pullup resistors


We controlled the brightness levels for red, green, and blue LEDs with a RESTful API. Then, we replaced the three LEDs with a single RGB LED and generated lights of different colors with the same RESTful API. Now, we want to make it possible for the users to change the brightness level for the three components with two pushbuttons added to the breadboard:

  • A pushbutton to turn off all the colors, that is, to set all the colors to a brightness level equal to 0

  • A pushbutton to set all the colors to their maximum brightness levels, that is, to set all the colors to a brightness level equal to 255

When the user presses the pushbutton, also known as a microswitch, it acts like a wire, and therefore, it lets the current flow through the circuit in which it is incorporated. When the pushbutton isn't pressed, the circuit in which it is incorporated is interrupted. Thus, whenever the user releases the pushbutton, the circuit is interrupted. Obviously, we...