Chapter 2. Cloud Data Monitoring

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Internet of Things platforms for Arduino
  • Connecting sensors to your Arduino board
  • Posting the sensor data online
  • Retrieving your online data
  • Monitoring sensor data from a cloud dashboard
  • Monitoring several Arduino boards at once
  • Troubleshooting issues with cloud data monitoring

Introduction

One of the most important things you can do with an Internet of Things project is to send data online, so it can be stored, retrieved later, and plotted inside a nice dashboard. Of course, it needs to be accessible from any web browser or application in the world.

In this chapter, this is exactly what we are going to do with Arduino. We are going to use an Arduino board to log sensor data online, and then ...

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