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Teaching Internet of Things (IoT) the IoTempower Way

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Contents

Course Elements
Learning Tools
References and Resources

Despite my very nomadic lifestyle, one thing has remained remarkably constant over the past few years: I have always found opportunities to teach various Internet of Things (IoT) classes. Recently, others have also started teaching IoT classes using materials I developed, along with contributions from other teachers and students.

Internet of Things (IoT) Workshops and Classes

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Before unifying the classes, these were the different classes I offered:

IoT Immersion: Like a boot-camp, but even more hands-on. Start directly to build your own IoT systems with ulno’s IoT kit.
Introduction to the Internet of Things for Makers and Doers (8 sessions, 2-3 hours each or 4-5 sessions 5-8 hours each)
A Taste of IoT (one-time workshop, 90 minutes to 4 hours), taught with slightly different foci with following titles:
- Tinker with the Internet of Things – How to harvest the motivational power of the Internet of Things to facilitate good STEM education.
- The Internet of Things is Here – Prototype Your Own in Mere Minutes
- Build a cheap and affordable water sensor for your community.
Build your own Game Controller (out of aluminum foil or a real retro joystick out of wood and simple electronics, one-time workshop, 4 hours)
Introduction to the Internet of Things (full university class 5 ECTS or 3 credit points, 14-16 units, 120-140h total effort, 40-60 in-class hours)
Home and Building Automation (full university class 5 ECTS or 3 credit points, 14-16 units, 120-140h total effort, 40-60 in-class hours)

Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) for Makers and Doers

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100

This class can be taught in 6-8 sessions with 2-3 hours each or in 4-5 sessions with 5-8 hours each. Session 7 and 8 are reserved as buffer or for projects. It is expected that participants are willing to spent a little time outside of the class for finishing up class contents and project work or engage in helping their peers.

Introduction to the Internet of Things (IoT) Immersion

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0100

This immersion class is like a boot-camp but even more hands on.

It’s current title is:

Shaping the Internet of Things – Tools and Skills to Cope

This program is aimed at entrepreneurs, deciders, and people working in corporations wanting to dive into IoT for gamification, re-branding, or taking their product and services to the next level.

Development Kits for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200

Current Kit

Current full IoT kit (and Raspberry Pi 4 gateway with IoTempower dongle) used at University of Tartu.

Gateway

The concept of a gateway is quite central for teaching IoT the IoTempower way. Therefore, each kit should contain some kind of gateway to allow an easy pre-installation of the IoTempower framework. If available for a decent cost this should be a Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 2 GB RAM, a good 3A USB-C power supply, and a fast (at least Class 10) 8GB SD-card. This can also be replaced with another single board computer, an old laptop or even Desktop. Old HPs or Lenovo Thinkpads with at least a dual core Intel i3, i5, or i7 have proven a very good reliable replacement. A Raspberry Pi (starting from Version 3) and some old laptops support running in Access-Point mode and can supply a local wireless network for a student team working with it. If the gateway does not support WiFi in accesspoint mode, a (small) WiFi router (best one that supports OpenWRT - this one is often available for a good price: https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt300n-v2/) should be also supplied.

Hardware for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200

A (very) smart doorbell (vector image here).

For the current kits I use for teaching, check out this steadily updated docoment on google drive: hardware document on google drive

Navigation

Smart Home Installations

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200

Here are examples for different show pieces and installations of smart home systems, click on them for navigation:

eHomeDemonstrator v1: First and original
eHomeDemonstrator v2: Refined, build from lego
eHomeDemonstrator v3: Newest and probably most affordable one, using currently available technology

eHomeDemonstrator v3

This is the newest version, I built at the Makerspace GMU Mix. Youtube video here.

Smart Home Project Update Started

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0200

I have committed to investing more time into my home automation and smart home activities.

As a first step I have updated the corresponding pages here on the site. Check out:

Article on my work on linkedin

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100

Here is a nice article on linkedin by Kathy Stershic on my work in IoT security and home autmation: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/maker-craft-alternative-more-secure-approach-internet-kathy-stershic

Maker Faire 2017 and eHome news

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100

I have been busy bulding a new ehome demonstrator. It’s not from lego like the LegoEHomeDemonstrator it’s again from wood like eHomeDemosntrator v1. It’s a little smaller and has lots of wireless devices based on the Wemos D1 Mini running Micorpython.

UlNo's Smart Home Solutions - Your eHome

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0100

This is the entrance page to all my ideas and solutions to help you get started in inspired to find affordable solutions to automate your own home. I will collect all the material around my home automation activities on this page.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0100

A (very) smart doorbell (vector image here).

Navigation

This page has mainly some words on the Internet of Things (IoT) in general. You might want to continue to one of the following more specific sites: