The Arduino IoT Cloud platform is a powerful tool for building and managing IoT applications. It provides an easy-to-use platform for connecting and managing IoT devices, enabling developers to build, deploy, and manage IoT applications quickly and easily. In this post, we will explore two examples of how the Arduino IoT Cloud platform can be used to build real-world IoT applications and its IoT monitoring solutions.
Example 1: Beginner Guide to Arduino IoT Cloud Platform
In our
previous IoT solution guide, Beginner Guide to Arduino IoT Cloud Platform, we created a beginner's guide to the Arduino IoT Cloud
platform. In this post, we explored the features of the Arduino IoT
Cloud platform and walked through the process of creating a simple IoT
application using the platform. We used DHT11 temperature and humidity as our IoT sensor. We created a thing, added properties to
monitor the temperature and humidity levels, and used the dashboard to
visualize the data in real-time. The completed Arduino IoT monitoring dashboard is shown below.
For the IoT connectivity and sensor data processing we used NodeMCU ESP8266 and the DHT11 IoT sensor was connected to it. The connection diagram is shown below.
The Arduino IoT Cloud platform
provided an easy-to-use interface that allowed us to create and manage
our IoT application quickly and easily. We were able to monitor and
visualize the data in real-time and trigger actions based on specific
events. The platform also provided various tools and resources to help
us learn and explore more advanced features of the platform, such as
rules, events, and integrations.
Example 2: Alcohol Sensor with Arduino IoT Cloud Platform
In our previous IoT solution example, Alcohol Sensor with Arduino IoT Cloud Platform, we built an alcohol sensor using the NodeMCU ESP8266 and the MQ-3 alcohol sensor. We used the Arduino IoT Cloud platform as IoT platform and as IoT monitoring solution where alcohol levels was monitored in real-time and send alerts when the alcohol levels exceeded a certain threshold. The Arduino IoT Cloud platform enabled us to easily connect and manage our IoT sensor device, monitor the sensor data, and trigger actions based on specific events.
To build this project, we used the Arduino IoT Cloud platform to create a new thing and added a property to monitor the alcohol level. We then added a rule to trigger an email alert when the alcohol level exceeded a specific threshold. The Arduino IoT Cloud platform made it easy to create the necessary connections and logic required to build this project, without the need for complex coding or networking configurations.
Shown below is the connection diagram of NodeMCU with MQ3 alcohol sensor used the IoT sensor(thing).
Arduino IoT platform has dashboard to display data on graphs but in this example we used displayed as numeric values as shown below. This is example of IoT monitoring solution.
Conclusion
The Arduino IoT Cloud platform is a powerful tool for building and managing IoT applications. It provides an easy-to-use platform for connecting and managing IoT devices, enabling developers to build, deploy, and manage IoT applications quickly and easily. In this post, we explored two examples of how the Arduino IoT Cloud platform can be used to build real-world IoT applications and monitor live IoT live sensor data. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced developer, the Arduino IoT Cloud platform provides the necessary tools and resources to build innovative and powerful IoT applications.
References:
[1] IBM IoT platform
[2] ESP8266 Proteus
