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Hands-On Internet of Things with MQTT

By : Tim Pulver
Book Image

Hands-On Internet of Things with MQTT

By: Tim Pulver

Overview of this book

MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a lightweight messaging protocol for smart devices that can be used to build exciting, highly scalable Internet of Things (IoT) projects. This book will get you started with a quick introduction to the concepts of IoT and MQTT and explain how the latter can help you build your own internet-connected prototypes. As you advance, you’ll gain insights into how microcontrollers communicate, and you'll get to grips with the different messaging protocols and techniques involved. Once you are well-versed with the essential concepts, you’ll be able to put what you’ve learned into practice by building three projects from scratch, including an automatic pet food dispenser and a smart e-ink to-do display. You’ll also discover how to present your own prototypes professionally. In addition to this, you'll learn how to use technologies from third-party web service providers, along with other rapid prototyping technologies, such as laser cutting, 3D printing, and PCB production. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained hands-on experience in using MQTT to build your own IoT prototypes.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page

Hardware shopping list

Before we start coding, you will need to order the necessary parts in order to get going. The components that are listed under General components will be needed for all three projects. Please don't forget to order the parts that are needed for the individual projects. They are listed in the following sections of this chapter: Project 1: a pet food dispenser, Project 2: a smart e-ink to-do list, and Project 3: a smart productivity cube.

To reduce costs, I have listed only one Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 development board in the shopping list, which means that you will have to disassemble a project in order to follow along with another one.

You will find an updated shopping list (with links) in the GitHub repository for this book. Instead of searching for the parts manually, have a look at the GitHub repository. Paper books cannot be updated easily...