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Muhammad Afzal
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Muhammad Afzal

Muhammad Afzal is a senior software engineer, with more than 14 years of experience working on web-based and IoT systems in multinational organizations. He always enjoys working and solving real-world business problems with technology. He provides freelance services to IoT-based product companies to write technical reviews and projects, and he also provides consultancy to organizations. In his free time, Muhammad creates videos and courses for YouTube and Udemy. He also runs a maker movement in his region for young students to boost their interest in adopting the latest technologies.
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Building blocks – sensors and development boards for IoT

The Arduino series has a wide collection of development boards that vary in size, pins, and communication technologies. In this chapter, I will use an Arduino MKR GSM 1400 development board, as it’s compact, battery-enabled, and provides the support of GSM/3G/4G. Figure 5.1 shows the pinout diagram for the MKR GSM 1400.

Figure 5.1 – Arduino MKR GSM 1400

Figure 5.1 – Arduino MKR GSM 1400

Arduino MKR GSM 1400 provides 7 analog pins and 14 digital input/output pins, with built-in battery charging and a LiPo battery connector for standby power, which helps developers build prototypes and solutions for remote monitoring/operations without worrying about power backups. For further details, please visit the official website at https://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/arduino-mkr-gsm-1400.

Arduino’s latest development board, MKR NB 1500, only supports NB-IoT, LTE-M, and Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS) for SMS. NB-IoT and...

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Muhammad Afzal

Muhammad Afzal is a senior software engineer, with more than 14 years of experience working on web-based and IoT systems in multinational organizations. He always enjoys working and solving real-world business problems with technology. He provides freelance services to IoT-based product companies to write technical reviews and projects, and he also provides consultancy to organizations. In his free time, Muhammad creates videos and courses for YouTube and Udemy. He also runs a maker movement in his region for young students to boost their interest in adopting the latest technologies.
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