IoT Projects

Wow!, its great that now we are going to talk about IoT projects. We have spend enough time to speak about what is IoT, what is IoT platforms, IoT devices, IoT sensors & we are ready to start with Internet of Things Projects. We will be using lot of sensors, devices which we have described before. If you have not gone through my previous post kindly go through it to get an understanding.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of things (physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators) connected through internet which enables these things to exchange data. This creates opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, resulting in efficiency improvements, economic benefits, and reduced human exertions.

In simple terms we can say IoT is a system of things integrated with sensors, softwares, electronics which are connected to each other & can exchange data or Information with other connected devices.

We will be doing IoT home projects using Raspberry Pi, Arduino or ESP8266 boards mainly.

Lets start with some of Raspberry Pi Projects, below are few

Lighting LED with Raspberry Pi & Python script

Components needed:

Raspberry Pi

Micro USB adapter

Bread Board

LED

Resistor

Lighting LED with Raspberry Pi & Cayenne

Components needed:

Raspberry Pi

Micro USB adapter

Bread Board

LED

Resistor

Cayenne software

AC Light control with Raspberry Pi & Cayenne

Components needed:

Raspberry Pi

Micro USB adapter

Bread Board

AC Bulb

5 V Relay

Cayenne software

Surveillance Camera & email notification on motion detection

Components needed:

Raspberry Pi

Micro USB adapter

Motion Sensor

Camera module

Bread Board

As IoT are growing, we are talking about more connected machines & the probability of cyber attacks are more.

The IoT soultions are spread across wide areas and some are listed below

• Smart Home

IoT devices part of home automations like lighting, temperature control, air conditioning, security systems etc.

• Enterprise applications

IoT devices used in corporate & business

• Infrastructure applications

Monitoring & controlling of infrastructure like bridges, railways, roads, traffic etc.

• Manufacturing

Integration in manufacturing area with sensors for identification, communication, tracking etc is improving the efficiency of manufacturing area. Example like opening the door automatically when truck comes.

• Agriculture

There are numerous IoT applications in farming such as collecting data on temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed, pest infestation, and soil content. This data can be used to automate farming techniques, take informed decisions to improve quality and quantity, minimize risk and waste, and reduce effort required to manage crops.

• Environmental monitoring

IoT solutions for environmental protection, monitoring rivers, water quality, forest area etc.

• Energy Monitoring

Lot of power sources can be connected & can communicate each other for better utilization of power.

• Medical & Healthcare

IoT devices for health monitorings & other activities in hospitals, health centers.

By definition Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.

The term Internet is used to refer to the specific global system of interconnected devices. In simple definition of internet, we can say the Internet can be defined as the mode of communication through which one can receive, transmit information between multiple devices (Things) that can be used for multiple operations.

The things can be physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, electronic devices, sensors, actuators, software etc. which can be connected & exchange data.

Reference: Surveillance Camera & email notification on motion detection

AC Light control with Raspberry Pi & Cayenne

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