| Working With Netduino Plus© |
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| What is this? Well, I have one of
these Netduino Plus SBC's on my desk at home. It is running a C#
program that reads the voltage on my board. I can control the
voltage with a small potentiometer (volume control) that I added to
the board. Then, these readings are sent to a website called
pachube.com (pronounced "Patch-Bay") where my data is stored. The graph you see is the data
from this website. I can adjust my potentiometer here at home and
see the results on this graph in real time! So what is the point you say? This demonstrates our ability to monitor sensors from anywhere in the world. Instead of this simple example, imagine a CO2 or CO or temperature sensor near a volcano. Or what about a sensor in your home that could call 9-1-1 if it detected excess heat or smoke. These small single-board-computers (SBC) allow us to monitor and interact with our environment in new ways. This new technology is called the "Internet of Things". |
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| Monitoring Your World With
The IO-Bridge© Here I am monitoring the temperature and humidity on my desk at home! I will bring it to class to show you. |
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