Maneesh Rao - Internet of Things with Raspberry Pi 3

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Maneesh Rao holds over 7 years of experience in software development, primarily in IoT. He has been a part of Thingworx IoT team. Thingworx is one of the most sought after IoT platforms. Furthermore, he has worked for one of the biggest consumer electronics company in India and developed IoT products for smart homes, smart factories, connected vehicles, and smart consumer appliances. He also assists start-ups in developing IoT products.

Thushara Jayawardena, who is d riven by curiosity, persistence, and engagement, has explored and acquired many skills and experiences in the computer software and micro electronics domains. He has embedded related ranges from Raspberry Pi to Arduino projects. His software-related projects span across Android, JavaScript frame works(NodeJS and Leaflet), and pass technologies(Heroku and Mongo). His day job is at a leading multinational Swedish ERP vendor in Gothenburg. Hes been at IFS world operations for over 16 years, working with various aspects of software development.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is about connecting physical devices over the internet to each other, and making them talk to us. Applications of IoT are smart homes, buildings, connected vehicles, and when scaled up they drives smart cities and manufacturing automation. IoT is currently a growing trend in the technology space, and Raspberry Pi is the perfect board to get started with for building IoT projects. This book covers many of the powerful features of Raspberry Pi and projects, such as weather station, a facial recognition system, a security surveillance system, and learning it the practical way of using Raspberry Pi, sensors, and the cloud.

This book is for all the technology enthusiasts who want to understand what IoT is all about. The readers require just elementary knowledge of computers, programming, and Raspberry Pi. This book helps the readers to resolve the most challenging part that is interfacing hardware with software and sending data to cloud for visualization and analysis with the hands-on DIY projects. In the end, readers will be able to build state-of-the-art solutions for IoT.

, Introduction to IoT, provides an introduction to Internet of Things, a little background, the current scenario, the future of IoT, as well as its impact on our life. Here, you will also learn about the architecture of an IoT ecosystem and its application and benefits in different fields.

, Know Your Raspberry Pi, introduces you to Raspberry Pi. Why is this one of the most popular boards for learning and building IoT projects? Here, we will learn about the anatomy of Raspberry Pi, GPIO, and other functionalities. Setting it up includes installing an OS, getting comfortable with Shell commands and its UI, and connecting it to a network/Wi-Fi.

, Let's Communicate, makes Raspberry Pi communicate with the cloud/server using protocols such as HTTP and MQTT. We will demonstrate how data transfers between Pi and the cloud.