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Practical Python Programming for IoT

By : Gary Smart
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Practical Python Programming for IoT

By: Gary Smart

Overview of this book

The age of connected devices is here, be it fitness bands or smart homes. It's now more important than ever to understand how hardware components interact with the internet to collect and analyze user data. The Internet of Things (IoT), combined with the popular open source language Python, can be used to build powerful and intelligent IoT systems with intuitive interfaces. This book consists of three parts, with the first focusing on the "Internet" component of IoT. You'll get to grips with end-to-end IoT app development to control an LED over the internet, before learning how to build RESTful APIs, WebSocket APIs, and MQTT services in Python. The second part delves into the fundamentals behind electronics and GPIO interfacing. As you progress to the last part, you'll focus on the "Things" aspect of IoT, where you will learn how to connect and control a range of electronic sensors and actuators using Python. You'll also explore a variety of topics, such as motor control, ultrasonic sensors, and temperature measurement. Finally, you'll get up to speed with advanced IoT programming techniques in Python, integrate with IoT visualization and automation platforms, and build a comprehensive IoT project. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with IoT development and have the knowledge you need to build sophisticated IoT systems using Python.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Programming with Python and the Raspberry Pi
6
Section 2: Practical Electronics for Interacting with the Physical World
9
Section 3: IoT Playground - Practical Examples to Interact with the Physical World

Reading the push button schematic connection

I've combined the breadboard layout and schematic diagram (with a few additional labels) as follows:

Figure 2.9 Combined breadboard and schematic diagram, part 1 of 2

Here is how to read the pushbutton connection. The following step numbers match the numbered black circles in Figure 2.9:

  1. Start at the breadboard with the wire labeled wire 1. If we look at the ends of this wire, we see that one end is connected to GPIO 23 on the Raspberry Pi, while the other end (at hole A10connects to a row shared by the push button.

  2. Looking at the schematic diagram, this breadboard connection is depicted diagrammatically by the line labeled wire 1. You will notice one end of the line is labeled GPIO23, while the other end leads into one side of the button symbol.

The color of a wire's casing has no inherent meaning. The color is simply a visual aid to help to distinguish different wires and...