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Accelerate your Azure Sphere Software Development

Develop custom Azure Sphere applications faster and get to market before the competition.

Microsoft has been working on an Azure Sphere development accelerator called DevX and a companion application code generator called GenX. This development system allows engineering teams to quickly build out High Level Azure Sphere applications using proven architectural patterns and standard interfaces. Once the application is generated, the developer only needs to fill out key areas with application code to meet the project’s requirements. The system implements interfaces to send telemetry data, manage device twins, direct methods and timers with handlers. Leveraging these systems will reduce the amount of code developers write and will improve readability and long-term application maintenance.

This three part webinar series will introduce students to this system and provide hands on labs and homework assignments to reinforce Azure Sphere application development fundamentals and Azure cloud concepts. By the end of the series students will develop their own custom Secure Azure Sphere application that interacts with the IoTCentral cloud solution.

Prerequisites:

Azure Sphere Starter Kit
Basic understanding of Azure Sphere Development
Complete Labs 0 - 3 before the webinar
Avnet Azure Sphere Training Documents

This workshop is free for everyone to attend! However, to follow along you will need the Azure Starter Kit:

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Session 1:

Name: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX
Start: 2022-01-20T18:00Z
End: 2022-01-20T19:30Z

During this session you'll be be working on:

Connecting your device to the Azure cloud
How to send telemetry data to Azure IoT Hub
How to manage/implement Azure IoT Hub device twins
How to manage/implement Azure IoT Hub direct methods
Debugging tools for Azure Sphere applications talking to Azure IoT Hub

Webinar #1 Homework: Implement a custom Azure Sphere application with user defined telemetry, device twins and direct methods. Capture high level requirements for a custom Azure Sphere application/solution.

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Workshop:

Dates and Missions:

Session 1 – Overview of the GenX and DevX Application Development Acceleration tools

What You'll Learn:

Connecting your device to the Azure cloud

How to send telemetry data to Azure IoT Hub

How to manage/implement Azure IoT Hub device twins

How to manage/implement Azure IoT Hub direct methods

Debugging tools for Azure Sphere applications talking to Azure IoT Hub

Thursday, 20th of January 2022

Lab 1:

Implement a custom Azure Sphere application with user defined telemetry, device twins and direct methods. Capture high level requirements for a custom Azure Sphere application/solution.

Session 2 – Overview of the Avnet Azure Sphere Azure RTOS Examples

What You'll Learn:

Learn how to create a custom Azure RTOS application to run on a MT3620 M4 core
Defining and implementing custom messages between the High Level and Real Time applications
Managing system resources across multiple Azure Sphere applications (A7, M4(1) and M4(2))

Thursday, 3rd of February 2022

Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 2: Overview of the Avnet Azure Sphere Azure RTOS Examples

Lab 2:

Implement a custom Azure RTOS application to run on the MT3620 M4 core. Submit your application to the Avnet GitHub repo.

Session 3 - Developing Custom IoTCentral applications in the cloud

What You'll Learn:

Introduction to Azure IoT Plug and Play
Introduction to IoT Central application development

Thursday, 17th of February 2022

Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 3: Developing Custom IoTCentral Applications in the Cloud

Lab 3:

Implement a custom Azure IoT Central application and document your Azure Sphere solution on Element14

Azure Sphere Starter Kit

Buy Now The Azure Sphere MT3620 Starter Kit 2.0 is an enhanced version of Avnet’s popular Azure Sphere Starter Kit. It supports rapid prototyping of highly secure, end-to-end IoT implementations based on Microsoft Azure Sphere. This small form-factor carrier board includes a production-ready MT3620 Sphere module with WiFi connectivity, along with multiple expansion interfaces facilitating easy integration of sensors, displays, motors, relays and more. Key features of this version are its ability to support a wired Ethernet network connection (requires MikroE ETH click adapter to be fitted) as well as more flexibility in how ISUs can be used. Downloadable documentation and tutorials guide developers through all steps, from board setup to application coding.
Features: Carrier Board 2.0 Azure Sphere MT3620 Module 2.0 (dual-band WiFi) Two MikroE click board expansion sockets Grove expansion connector (conﬁgured as I2C) On-board sensors 3-axis accelerometer and gyro Ambient light sensor Temperature (die not ambient) Pressure/barometric sensor Interface for optional OLED 128x64 display USB-based program/debug & recovery interfaces User push button switches and LEDs 5V to 3.3V power regulation DC supply inputs: USB 5V from host computer External 5V via terminal-block VBAT supply from optional coin-cell battery	Azure Sphere MT3620 Module 2.0 MT3620AN SoC multicore device 1x 500MHz Arm Cortex A7, 4MB SRAM 2x 200MHz Arm Cortex M4F, 64KB SRAM 3x ISU interfaces (configured as UART, SPI, I2C)-ADC/GPIO: 3x 12-bit ADC inputs (or 3 GPIOs)-PWM/GPIO: 9x PWM outputs (or up to 24 GPIOs) RTC: Requires coin cell battery for VBAT voltage Wi-Fi: Dual-band 2.4/5GHz 802.11 b/g/n radio Antenna: Dual-band 2.4/5GHz chip antenna. Applications: IoT appliances and devices Remote access Smart city Smart agriculture Building automation Factory automation

The Presenter:

Brian Willess, Technical Solutions Engineer at Avnet

Brian is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Avnet working out of Southport NC. Brian is one of Avnet’s Azure Sphere Specialists. He’s Avnet’s North America Azure Sphere Trainer; he develops Azure Sphere demos/examples and supports Azure Sphere development teams. Brian holds a BSE in Computer Systems Engineering from Arizona State University and has over 20 years of professional experience developing low level firmware, managing firmware teams and firmware projects.

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bwilless over 3 years ago +3

Hi everyone, We're still having delays in building new Azure Sphere Starter kits. We want everyone to be able to participate and you need a kit to get the most from the series. We've rescheduled for early…
andreas.schwanke over 3 years ago +2

I tried to organize a Starter Kit - but no chance at Germany in the moment, I think. Would the SEEED version work, too? Seems the only one available right now...
misaz over 3 years ago +1

Hi tariq.ahmad , description of second session in table is incorrect. It comes from webinar about Xilinx Ultra96-V2 instead of Azure Sphere.

bwilless over 2 years ago
Hi everyone,

I've completed my BBQ Monitor Azure Sphere application development to meet all my documented requirements.

You can see all my changes with short video code reviews in the BBQ Monitor Blog. The most recent updates to the blog include details on . . .
- Creating custom hardware definition files for Azure Sphere high-level applications
- Adding PWM support for a Buzz CLICK board
- Adding GPIO support for the on-board RGB Led
- Adding I2C support to drive my OLED display
- Adding telemetry support
I've done my best to be terse and to the point in the blog and in the short videos.

Brian
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bwilless over 2 years ago in reply to rmawston

Hi there,

I'm glad your finding value in the workshop and other content we've created. The original plan was to do a quick demo of the GenX code generation, however the GenX developer has been reworking the entire system and it's not ready to share at this point. Once he releases the Gen2 generator, I'll post a blog with some additional information.

Brian
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rmawston over 2 years ago in reply to bwilless

Hi Bill,

I've not been able to attend the webinars live, but have been going through them later.

One question - did session 1 cover the GenX codegen framework ?

Thanks for the great content, and interactivity through the blogs.
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bwilless over 2 years ago

Hi everyone,

I just published a new AzureRTOS lab and updated the Azure Sphere Training plan with additional content including . . .

12. Link to yesterday's webinar

13. Link to the AzureRTOS PlugNPlay Blog

14. Link to new AzureRTOS lab

15. Links to lab documents and video to help you learn and test drive the Azure Sphere OTA update feature

Enjoy and please don't hesitate to ask questions or ask for help if you get stuck on anything! I'll be working on my BBQ monitor this weekend and will be updating that blog with my progress.

Enjoy your weekend,

Brian
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bwilless over 2 years ago

Hi Webinar attendees,

I started to work on my BBQ monitor application today, I've started a blog capturing my work and my development process. I kept it short and sweet,

Brian

(1) Azure Sphere BBQ Monitor - Blog - Azure Sphere Starter Kit - element14 Community
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