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Hands-on ESP32 with Arduino IDE

By : Asim Zulfiqar
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Hands-on ESP32 with Arduino IDE

5 (1)
By: Asim Zulfiqar

Overview of this book

ESP32 is a versatile microcontroller and a great starting point for anyone venturing into the IoT realm, but its configuration and interfacing of sensors can be challenging for new users. Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) simplifies programming, uploading code, and utilization of ESP32 capabilities, enabling users to incorporate it into their IoT projects with ease. This book will help you learn the essentials of sensing, networking, data processing, and applications with ESP32, laying a strong foundation for further IoT development. Starting with ESP32 and Arduino Ide 2.0 basics, you'll first explore practical implementation examples of interfacing sensors with ESP32. These examples will also teach you how to interface the ESP32 camera and display modules with ESP32. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with IoT network and data protocols, as well as the many options they unlock within IoT applications. The book will also help you leverage your newly acquired knowledge with exciting projects ranging from smart connected devices to data loggers and automation. By the end of this book, you'll confidently navigate ESP32 projects with newfound knowledge and skills, know what IoT protocol to select for your applications, and successfully build and deploy your own IoT projects.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Introduction: Getting Familiar with ESP32
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Part 2 – IoT Protocols and ESP32
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Part 3 – Practical Implementation

Monitoring and visualization using the Grafana cloud

Grafana is an open source platform for data visualization and monitoring. It allows users to create interactive and customizable dashboards that display real-time or historical data from various sources, including databases, time series databases such as InfluxDB, and more. Grafana is widely used for monitoring system performance, IoT devices, application metrics, and other data sources, making it a valuable tool for gaining insights from complex datasets through visually appealing and customizable graphs, charts, and panels.

First, we will set up the Grafana cloud:

  1. Go to https://grafana.com/auth/sign-in. Sign in if you already have an account or register if you are using Grafana for the first time.
  2. Once you’ve logged in, you will have to click on Add Stack, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 8.21 – Grafana Cloud Portal

Figure 8.21 – Grafana Cloud Portal

  1. Give your instance a name and click on...