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Marco Carvalho
Marco Carvalho
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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Installation of IOTstack

In this section, we will cover how to install IOTstack. As mentioned in the last section, IOTstack runs on Raspberry Pi OS. So, you have to install the Raspberry Pi OS prior to installing IOTstack. I will not explain how to install the Raspberry Pi OS since it is very well covered on the internet; you can find installation instructions by visiting this link: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software. You have to do some basic configuration to use the system, such as setting up your cable or wireless network. The next procedure will assume you have internet access in your Raspberry Pi.

If you already have the Raspberry Pi OS installed, you will need to make sure you have the latest software version. You can do that by running the following commands on the Raspberry Pi terminal console:

  1. Update the list of repository packages using the Advance Package Tool (APT) command:
    sudo apt update
  2. When the preceding command is done, run the update command to get...
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Marco Carvalho

Marco Carvalho is an experienced home automation hobbyist engineer, electrical engineer, and technician. Pursuing his passion for electronics and embedded systems, he created an embedded home automation task scheduler using X10 Home Automation devices in 2006. Nowadays, he uses wireless electronic devices and the Home Assistant software to build different smart home automation applications. As an MSc in Computer Science, Marco has worked with several well-known companies such as IBM, Jabil, Phillips, and Hexagon where he extended his support in development and manufacturing of electronic products. At the time of this publication, he is the Director of Engineering for Apex Microtechnology, where he is involved in the development of high power, high precision analog components.
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