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Developing IoT Projects with ESP32

By : Vedat Ozan Oner
Book Image

Developing IoT Projects with ESP32

By: Vedat Ozan Oner

Overview of this book

Developing IoT Projects with ESP32 provides end-to-end coverage of secure data communication techniques from sensors to cloud platforms that will help you to develop production-grade IoT solutions by using the ESP32 SoC. You'll learn how to employ ESP32 in your IoT projects by interfacing with different sensors and actuators using different types of serial protocols. This book will show you how some projects require immediate output for end-users, and cover different display technologies as well as examples of driving different types of displays. The book features a dedicated chapter on cybersecurity packed with hands-on examples. As you progress, you'll get to grips with BLE technologies and BLE mesh networking and work on a complete smart home project where all nodes communicate over a BLE mesh. Later chapters will show you how IoT requires cloud connectivity most of the time and remote access to smart devices. You'll also see how cloud platforms and third-party integrations enable endless possibilities for your end-users, such as insights with big data analytics and predictive maintenance to minimize costs. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills you need to start using ESP32 in your next wireless IoT project and meet the project's requirements by building effective, efficient, and secure solutions.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: Using ESP32
7
Section 2: Local Network Communication
12
Section 3: Cloud Communication

Toolchain installation, programming, and debugging ESP32

There are several options for the development environment. Among them, I will use the PlatformIO IDE throughout the book, except for some examples where I have to use Espressif IoT Development Framework (ESP-IDF) tools directly. PlatformIO supports many different platforms, architectures, and frameworks with modern development capabilities. It comes as an extension in VS Code, and so is very easy to install and configure with just a few clicks.

PlatformIO installation

Let's start with the installation. After launching VS Code, go to Extensions (Ctrl + Shift + X) and search for platformio in the marketplace. This appears at the first place in the match list. Click on the Install button, and that is it. In a few minutes, the installation completes and we have PlatformIO installed in the VS Code IDE, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.1 – PlatformIO installation

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