Part 5: Programming Challenge

Goal

If you have finished the rest of the unplugfest early, build something with the building blocks you just learnt about. Here are some ideas:

Build a dashboard to visualize the motes' data (hint: use the Node-RED node-red-dashboard extension)
Create a control loop: switch the buzzer on when the door closes
Implement your own idea!

Navigation

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Part 0a: Things to prepare before the session — Things to install on your computer and on your IBM Cloud instance before coming to the session.
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Part 0b: Getting Started! — Overview of the hardware you will be using, and of the general organization of the unplugfest.
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Part 1: Your First Standalone Network — Build your very first network, understand how the LEDs indicate the state of the motes, issue simple CLI commands on the manager, understand the use of the netid.
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Part 2: Understanding Trade-Offs in SmartMesh IP — Understand how latency, data rate and energy trade off for one another.
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Part 3: A Canopy Network Coordinated through IBM Watson IoT — How the canopy network, which is already deployed in your building works.
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Part 4: Interact with Sensors and Actuators — Connect sensors and actuators to your mote, and interact with them from your Node-RED instance in the IBM Cloud!
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Part 5: Programming Challenge — Once you have completed Part 4, sky is the limit. Explore a couple of possibilities where to go from there.