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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

Establishing the advantages of a global MQTT broker

There are several advantages of using an MQTT broker that is hosted on a server or machine with internet access. We will look at some of these in this section:

  • Accessibility: You can access the devices connected to your broker from anywhere and with any device, so long as you have an active internet connection.
  • Scalability: When you use a Pi, you have limited coverage. However, that is not the case with an online MQTT broker. You can easily connect multiple smart devices, which are present in different locations.
  • Efficient channel use: This method supports multiple devices, allowing you to proficiently utilize channels.
  • Large-scale compatibility: If you want to use this at a larger scale (for example, you have more than 10,000 devices in your ecosystem), you can easily choose a new plan, which gives you access to more storage and more topics (larger channel bandwidth).
  • Cost efficient: We can keep using the...
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