Internet of Things Hardware

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
The Internet of Things integrates a large number of technologies both new and old. It promises to deliver unprecedented awareness of environments and processes. The Internet of Things will allow granular control and automation of tasks. In this course, you will learn about some of the hardware available to develop for the IoT. You'll also learn the basics of programming this hardware.

Target Audience
Developers looking to gain an awareness of IoT hardware options and programming practices

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.2

Lesson Objectives

Internet of Things Hardware

start the course

identify the components of the Arduino platform

identify Arduino accessories

identify compatible Arduino variant boards

programming an Arduino sketch

write simple programs for the Arduino platform

identify the components of the Raspberry Pi platform

identify accessories for the Raspberry Pi

identify variations of the Raspberry Pi platform

programming on the Raspberry Pi

create simple programs for the Raspberry Pi

identify the features of the Intel Galileo platform

identify expansion possibilities for the Intel Galileo

identify Intel Galileo hardware variants

programming for the Intel Galileo

identify the features of the ESP8266 chip

identify the tools that are needed to program an ESP8266

identify the features of the MinnowBoard platform

identify accessories and expansion possibilities of the MinnowBoard

identify the features of the MinnowBoard MAX

how to alter the state of the GPIO pins using the SYSFS filesystem

identify the features of the BeagleBone

identify the expansion possibilities for the BeagleBone

identify the features of BeagleBoard variants

programming for the BeagleBoard

control LEDs connected to the MinnowBoard GPIO

Course Number:
dt_ioti_a02_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner