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Raspberry Pi and MQTT Essentials

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803244488
Pages 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Dhairya Parikh Dhairya Parikh
Profile icon Dhairya Parikh

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1:Covering the Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Raspberry Pi and MQTT 3. Chapter 2: MQTT in Detail 4. Chapter 3: Introduction to ESP Development Boards 5. Chapter 4: Node-RED on Raspberry Pi 6. Part 2: Practical Implementation – Building Two Full-Scale Projects
7. Chapter 5: Major Project 1: IoT Weather Station 8. Chapter 6: Major Project 2: Smart Home Control Relay System 9. Part 3: How to Take Things Further – What Next?
10. Chapter 7: Taking Your MQTT Broker Global 11. Chapter 8: Project Prototype to Product – How? 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Node-RED first-time installation, setup, and demonstration

This section will cover in detail how to install and set up Node-RED on the Raspberry Pi. After that, two simple demonstration applications will be covered, which will show us the power of Node-RED and how it can be utilized to its full extent.

Node-RED installation

Installing and setting up Node-RED on your Raspberry Pi is a straightforward process. Please note that this section assumes that you have already set up your Raspberry Pi with the latest version of the Raspberry Pi OS with all the initial configurations. If that is not the case, please refer to Chapter 1, Introduction to Raspberry Pi and MQTT, for that.

First, access your Raspberry Pi as we will require the terminal window at the very least to install Node-RED on it. There are two ways to access your Pi:

  • Through the desktop interface: It requires a monitor, keyboard, and mouse connected to the Pi.
  • Through Secure Shell Protocol (SSH): SSH has...
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