Instructor: Dr. Li
Email: xhli@citytech.cuny.edu
Course URL: http://citytechrobotics.org/teaching/cet4925/
Weekly Schedule
| Topics | Notes on Course Project |
|---|---|
Week 1:
Intro to the course, course project, project videos, and project ideas.
Ch 1: Intro and Architecture of IoT: history, applications, examples
Team-up; Research/brainstorm project ideas; Order Photon
Week 2:
Ch 1: Intro and Architecture of IoT (Contd): Architecture and layered models, ecosystems
Team-up finishes; Research/ brainstorm project ideas. Start to order parts/components
Week 3:
Ch 2: Physical computing platforms for IoT: MCU, MPU/SBC, PLC and FPGA; and comparison of all platforms
Lab 1: Get started with Particle
Get project approved by instructor; Search & order parts & supplies
Week 4:
Ch 3: Review/Primer of C++ OOP Programming
Ch 4: I/O for IoT
Lab 2: Input with Photon (digital/analog): temperature or IR sensor
Lab 3: Output with Photon (digital/analog), Dimmer light, DC brushed motor, DC servo motor or text LCD display
Discuss project design; Divide the jobs; Continue ordering parts
Week 5:
Ch 5: Connectivity Technologies: From FieldBus and WSN, to WiFi/Celluar/ZigBee/BLE/Z-Wave/RuBee, and the latest Thread, LoRa, Sigfox and NB-IoT
Continue with project design; Continue ordering parts
Week 6:
Ch 6 ReST
Lab 4: IoTing via IFTTT
Midterm project proposal due in two weeks
Continue with project design; Continue ordering parts; Start to develop project proposal
Note: Due to the discontinuation of IBM Cloud IoT services in 2023, the following Archived Lab5~8 are retired.
Lab 5: Intro to IBM Watson IoT Platform (Quickstart)
Handout: Get Started with IBM Watson IoT Platform
Handout: Dr. Li’s example code of sending data to IBM Watson IoT Platform Quickstart
Lab 6: Using MQTT to send data to IBM Watson IoT Platform & Data visualization
Handout: Visualize real-time data by IBM Watson IoT Platform
Handout: Dr. Li’s example code of sending data for visualization on IBM Watson IoT Platform
Link: MQTT library for Photon: https://github.com/hirotakaster/MQTT
Lab 7: Node-RED app to tweet an alert message according to remote sensor readings
Handout: Dr. Li’s Example Node-RED flow for generating Twitter alert messages
Lab 8: Control remote devices via Node-RED and IBM Cloud
Handout: Dr. Li’s example code on Photon subscribing & responding to string commands from IBM Cloud
Handout: Example Node-RED flow for sending commands to remote devices
Handout: Another Example Code: Photon subscribes and responds to JSON-formatted commands from IBM Cloud
Week 7:
Ch 7: IoT Cloud — MQTT and Intro to AWS IoT
Lab 9A: IoTing via AWS — Set up AWS IoT Core & MQTT client software
Handout: A Brief instruction on using Particle CLI to create a project, compile and flash the code to Photon
MQTT.fx: a MQTT client software (very handy! Highly recommended for testing MQTT connection!)
How to use MQTT.fx: an example connection profile (screenshot); and an simple guide (link here)
Continue with project design; Finish ordering parts; Start to build the project — the physical platform.
Midterm project proposal due next week
Week 8:
Ch 7: IoT Cloud (contd) — AWS IoT
Lab 9B: IoTing via AWS — Integrate AWS SES (or SNS) with IoT Core
Continue building the hardware components/subsystems of the project;
Project proposal Due! See Blackboard for the exact due date.
Week 9:
Lab 9C: IoTing via AWS — Send Senor Data from Particle to AWS IoT Core
Continue building the project: system physical platform is in shape; program and test sensors
Week 10:
Ch 7: IoT Cloud (contd) — Data Analytics and Cloud Computing for IoT
Lab 9D: IoTing via AWS — AWS Lambda Functions for IoTing
Continue building the project: program and test actuators
Week 11:
Lab 9E: IoTing via AWS — Developing IoT Applications on Raspberry Pi by using AWS IoT Device SDK Python v2
Lab 9F: IoTing via AWS — AWS Greengrass (optional)
Lab 9G: IoTing via AWS — Develop Node-RED IoT Application with AWS EC2 (Optional)
Finish setting up IoT Cloud, and start the programming with the Cloud
Week 12:
Ch 7: IoT Cloud (contd) — Microsoft Azure IoT
Lab 10A: Connect IoT Device with Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
Final each component (both hardware and programming), and start to integrate the system
Week 13:
Ch 7 IoT Cloud — Microsoft Azure IoT (contd)
Lab 10B: Intro to Microsoft Azure IoT Central
Integrate everything, preliminary system testing.
Bring in everything and work on the project next class.
Week 14:
Project hours
Test and refine the entire system
Week 15:
Final project demonstration
Final project report due next week.
Last update in Spring 2023.