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Published inJun 2017
Reading LevelBeginner
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781787289246
Edition1st Edition
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Francesco Azzola
Francesco Azzola
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Francesco Azzola

Francesco Azzola is an electronic engineer with over 15 years of experience in computer programming and JEE architecture. He is SCEA certified (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect), SCWCD, and SCJP. He is an Android and IoT enthusiast. He loves creating IoT projects using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Android, and other platforms. He is interested in the convergence between IoT and mobile applications. Previously, he worked in the mobile development field for several years. He has created a blog called survivingwithandroid,where he shares posts about coding in Android and IoT projects.
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Ambient light control system description

Before diving into the project implementation details, it is useful to have an overview of the project we want to build. The idea that stands behind this project is building a system that has a unique center of control, represented by Android Things, and several remote IoT boards that are connected to RGB LED strips. These IoT boards receive the commands from the Android Things app and according to these commands, they set various RGB LED color or apply several light effects.

This project uses two different IoT boards:

  • Android Things compatible boards such as Raspberry
  • PI 3 Arduino Uno R3

The following diagram gives an overview of this project and the roles played by these two boards:

As you can notice, the LED strips are connected to Arduino boards that manage them directly. In turn, the Arduino boards receive commands from the Android Things board using HTTP protocol. HTTP protocol is a web-oriented protocol that we can use to exchange data between different...

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Francesco Azzola

Francesco Azzola is an electronic engineer with over 15 years of experience in computer programming and JEE architecture. He is SCEA certified (Sun Certified Enterprise Architect), SCWCD, and SCJP. He is an Android and IoT enthusiast. He loves creating IoT projects using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Android, and other platforms. He is interested in the convergence between IoT and mobile applications. Previously, he worked in the mobile development field for several years. He has created a blog called survivingwithandroid,where he shares posts about coding in Android and IoT projects.
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