The goal of this project is to make it accessible for a large audience to learn about the electronics and programming that goes into building an IoT device. There will be small, simple, concepts that should be quick and easy to experience. Once you’ve learned a handful of these concepts you can start to assemble them, almost like Lego blocks.
Whether you have an idea for a project, or just want to learn, the best way to get started is to build the simpler projects that leverage a single component. Once you’ve built several of those, then start in on the projects that combine 2 components. Eventually you’ll get the feel for how to combine components and create the code to leverage each component. The electronics parts are building blocks like Legos where you just need to be familiar on the type of connection between each. The programming part will get more complex, but we will add good examples here to learn from.
Follow these steps:
- Acquiring the relevant hardware
- Install the Arduino IDE
- Learn some Key Concepts
- Pick a Project to wire up and run the code for it
- Have fun and learn more!
Next: Acquiring the relevant hardware.