Building Internet of Things Projects with Arduino IOT Cloud

We take a look at the Arduino IoT Cloud Platform so you can understand what it is.

As we build out IoT applications, you will need to get an understanding of IoT Cloud Terminology and concepts. We address these issues in this lesson.

This lesson will provide details on all the parts and components that you will need for the course.

We discuss how to get the code and project files for the course from Github.

We walk through an overview of the steps that are needed to setup your account and board to work with the Arduino IoT Cloud Platform

We walk through the process of creating an Arduino account which is a free account that you need to setup to work with Arduino IoT Cloud projects.

We review the options for the programming environments we can use, the Arduino Desktop IDE or the Arduino Web Editor.

We go through the process of installing the Arduino Create Plugin which allows you to communicate with your MKR board using a browser. We will then setup our MKR Board, connect it to a WiFi network and upload a simple sketch to test out our setup process.

We take a deep dive look at the technical specifications of the Arduino MKR WIFI 1010 board.

An overview of the first project and learning objectives are discussed. We will be controlling an LED from the Cloud.

We look at the components that we will need for our project, review the circuit diagram and then proceed to wire up the circuit

We create the Thing for our project and configure a property that we are able to change from the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We make the code changes that are needed for our project

Due to a recent change in the Arduino IOT Cloud User Interface, the Widgets tab was removed. You now have to create a Dashboard and manually add in Widgets and link them to Properties in your Thing. This lecture describes that process.

We test out our project by using the Arduino IoT Cloud Widget Interface for our Property.

We take a more detailed look at the project files and code that is generated behind the scenes for us when we configure a Thing and a project in the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We review the various features of the Arduino Web Editor that can be used for managing code for your Arduino IoT Cloud Projects.

There is quite a bit of boilerplate code that is generated when we create a Thing and associated IoT project in the Arduino IoT Cloud. In this lecture, I review some of the code that is generated so that you will understand what is happening behind the scenes.

We give an overview of our project which will illustrate how we can process and represent analog readings from sensors in the Arduino IoT Cloud Platform.

We create the Thing for our project and configure a property that we are able to view from the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We test out our project by using the Arduino IoT Cloud Widget Interface for our Property.

We give an overview of our project. We will be demonstrating how to detect when a button is pressed and registering this event in the Cloud.

We discuss how debouncing can be more efficiently achieved by using a Third Party Library called FTDebouncer. We also go through the process of how to search for and add Third Party Libraries using the Arduino Web Editor.

We test out the code changes to our project to see if our Debouncing Third Party Library works by using the Arduino IoT Cloud Widget Interface for our Property.

We give an overview of our project. We will be creating an alarm using a PIR sensor. When motion is detected, a call is made to your cell phone to tell you that motion has occurred.

We test out our alarm to see if it is able to detect motion and we also look at the Arduino IoT Cloud Widget Interface for our Property.

We discuss the If This Then That Platform to understand how it can be used to improve our IoT applications.

We go through the process of how to enable or turn on an already existing Applet on the IFTTT Platform.

We create a Webhook from the Arduino IoT Cloud Interface to point to an IFTTT Applet. We also perform the configuration of our custom IoT Applet in IFTTT. This demonstrates how IoT applications can be enhanced utilizing service and API calls from the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We test out our Webhook integration. Our cell phone will ring with a pre-recorded message once motion is detected from our PIR sensor.

We give an overview of our project. We will show how a DHT22 sensor can be used to measure temperature and humidity. We will also create dashboard widgets in the Arduino IOT Cloud to monitor the readings in real time.

We create the Thing for our project and configure temperature and humidity properties that we are able to view from the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We test out our project by using the Arduino IoT Cloud Widget Interface for our Properties to see how changes in temperature and humidity are reflected in real time from our sensor.

We give an overview of our project. We will be building a self-regulating temperature-controlled system that can be monitored and controlled from a dashboard in the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We discuss how a transistor is going to be used as a switch in our circuit to programmatically turn our fan on and off.

We review all the components that we will need for our project.

We take a look at the circuit diagram to understand how the components need to be connected together for our project.

We create the Thing for our project and configure the properties that we are going to need to control and monitor our temperature regulation system in the Arduino IoT Cloud.

We review the logic of how our project will operate. In that way, we will have a better understanding of the code changes we will need to make for our project to function correctly.

Before we start writing the code, I discuss an overview of how the program will be structured to add some additional context on how we tackle the logic that needs to be implemented.

We test out our project by using the Arduino IoT Cloud Control Panel. We will be able to set the desired max temperature for our system, as well as manually override and take control of our fan regardless of the current temperature.

A few closing comments from the instructor, Lee Assam.

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