Arduino Cloud IoT with ESP8266 & micro:bit

micro:bit -> esp8266 – Simplified Wiring

Arduino Cloud IoT

• Cloud IoT – Create Account & Login
• Download “Agent” – supports Cloud->USB Flash

Thing

• Add New IoT Thing
  
  
  Under Setup:
  
• Add Variable –
  • SMM Zone Alert – Boolean (Read Only)
  • Hawker Stall # – Integer Number (Read & Write)

Under Select Device:

• Setup New Device

• Select the correct board:

• Name your Device
• Copy the Secret Key / download the PDF (you will need it in Network setting)

Under Network:

• Configure with your Hotspot SSID/Password that your device will use to connect to the internet from any location.
• For Secret Key – use the one from Device setup above

Under Sketch:

• For simple Boolean example like SMM Zone Alert, add the following under setup() & loop():

void setup() {

  pinMode(D1, INPUT);
...
...
...

void loop() {
  ArduinoCloud.update();

  varname = digitalRead(D1);  // read the pin state on D1 
                              // D1 is connected to micro:bit
  
}

• Verify & Flash the code – make sure your board is connected
  (NOTE: THIS TAKES A LONG TIME)

Dashboard

• Navigate to “Dashboards”
• Build New Dashboard
• Add widget – for SMM Alert, you can use a Status widget, or LED, etc
  • Link the Thing Variable you’d like to track
  • Change any settings
  • Save
• Test! (should be able to see widget states change with the micro:bit changes to its output pin – can use button A/B to write different states to the pin – 0 in the above example)