We've put together a series of articles from the community to lead you, step-by-step, into the wonderful world of the Internet of Things. Everything from the basics, to boards / embedded devices, to services, to connected devices. Here you'll learn about Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Netduino just to name a few. Take your first step through a door that will be opening us up to new standards for hardware and software in the coming years.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Internet of Things
2. Preparing to Program Connected Devices
3. Introduction to the Internet of Things
4. Programming Connected Devices

1. Introduction to the Internet of Things

• Introduction to the Internet of Things By Grasshopper.iics
  • Background
  • What is Internet of Things (IoT)?
    • Embedded System
    • Embedded Boards
    • General Introduction to Arduino Boards
    • Formal Introduction to IoT
  • What Devices Make it to IoT
    • Are Mobile Phones IoT devices?
    • What are Smart Objects?
    • IoT Devices
  • IoT Platforms
    • Wearable Pltform
    • Embedded Pltforms
    • Cloud Platform for IoT
  • What IoT means for the developers

See Also

• Evolution to the Internet of Things By Paul M Watt

2. Preparing to Program Connected Devices

• Getting Started With ArdOS for Arduino By Grasshopper.iics
  • Background
  • Setting up Arduino Development Environment
    • Getting Started With Arduino Development Environment
    • Basics of Arduino C Program
    • Writing our First Arduino Program
      • Simple Blinking Program
      • Taking Input from Serial Port
      • Working With Digital Switches
      • Working with Sensors ( Touch Switch Example)
      • User Defined Functions
  • ArdOS
    • Installation
    • Working With ArdOS
• Introduction to Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS By Guruprasad.K.Basavaraju
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • What is Raspberry Pi?
  • What do I need to get started ?
  • Raspberry Pi system specifications
  • Ports, Pins and their uses
  • Raspberry Pi with Raspian OS
  • Setting Up Raspian OS
  • Configuring your Raspian
  • GUI - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment” or in short LXDE
  • File system layout
    • Logical layout
    • Physical Layout
  • Installing and uninstalling software
    • Finding Software
    • Installing Software
    • Uninstalling Software
    • Upgrading Software
  • “Hello World” Programming on Raspberry Pi
  • Email notifier LED using the GPIO Library
• Introduction to Netduino Plus 2 By Guruprasad.K.Basavaraju
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • What is Netduino?
  • Netduino Plus 2:
    • Processor/Microcontroller:
    • Analog Input:
    • Digital I/O :
    • Ethernet:
    • MicroSD:
    • LED’s:
    • Power:
    • MicroUSB:
    • Erasepad:
    • Pushbutton:
  • Visual studio IDE for Netduino
    • .Net microframework SDK
    • Netduino Software development Kit
  • Example 1: HelloWorld
  • Example 2: Disco LED’s
• Writing Software for a Variety of IoT Devices Using the Yocto Project By Richard Dunkley
• Getting started with Spark Core By Prilvesh K

3. Services

• Introduction to Buddy Platform By Guruprasad.K.Basavaraju
• Creating a Web Service to be consumed by connected Devices via Internet By Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
• Live Weather Station With Arduino and ThingSpeak By Grasshopper.iics

4. Programming Connected Devices

• Complete Beginner's Guide For Arduino Hardware Platform For DIY By Grasshopper.iics
• Setting up and Programming Raspberry Pi in Python and C By Guruprasad.K.Basavaraju
• Raspberry Pi Weather App By Ranjan.D