Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by misaz

misaz — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:09:31 GMT

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

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by gordonmx

gordonmx — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 03:09:06 GMT

Could you add a link to the Azure Sphere Starter Kit required for the series? Thanks

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by misaz

misaz — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 09:14:00 GMT

Hi bwilless

are there any news about i.MX 8ULP-CS platform?

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:19:09 GMT

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 next year.

Brian

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by andreas.schwanke

andreas.schwanke — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:43:19 GMT

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...

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by ehubels

ehubels — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:03:28 GMT

Tried to access the pre-course labs, can't access them? Any suggestions?

Erik

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by pfflyer3164

pfflyer3164 — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:05:50 GMT

What specific advantage does the version 2.0 board have over the first generation board? Trying to decide if I need to get the version 2.0 of the board since I have the first version.

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:17:05 GMT

Hi Everyone,

My name is Brian Willess, I'm the instructor for this webinar. I'm really excited to share my experiences, materials and instruction to help you learn how to develop and deploy Azure Sphere Secure IoT Solutions. I've been working hard to prepare for next week's session and I have some materials that I want to share that will help you prepare for the first session.

First let me state that this webinar is not a marketing presentation, we're going to get deep into developing Azure Sphere solutions. My goal is to guide everyone to develop your own custom solution. This will give you the hands-on experience you need to feel comfortable developing on this secure platform in the future. Azure Sphere is not like any platform you've worked with before. Because of the security, there are details that developers need to understand to be productive when developing applications.

I usually take two full days to train engineering teams on this topic, so 3 - 1 1/2 hour sessions creates some challenges. My approach will be to provide additional details off-line for you to review on your own time. In the live sessions, I'll target the topics that will help you develop easy to maintain Azure Sphere solutions very efficiently. If you have issues or questions you can always post here and I'll answer your questions or help you past a hurdle.

To make sure everyone is ready for the first session I wanted to share the following requirements . . .

You should have an Azure Sphere development kit. All the materials target the Avnet Azure Sphere Starter Kit (Rev1 or Rev2). If you have a Seeed kit, that's better than nothing but the examples I have created leverage sensors included on the Avnet kits.
1. You can purchase an Avnet Azure Sphere Starter Kit here.
Please complete Labs #0, #1, #2 and #5 before the first session. These labs will help you setup the development tools, create the necessary accounts and gain an understanding of the solution.

Lab-0: Install the development tools
Lab-1: Create an Azure Sphere Tenant, and prepare your device for development
Lab-2: Pull an example repo, build and run the demo application
Lab-5: Deploy an Azure IoTCentral application. Modify the example application (from Lab-2) to connect to your Azure IoTCentral application, then control your device from the cloud.

I've created a shared folder where you can access all the materials for the class. I'll be adding files to this folder as the webinar progress, so bookmark the site for future use.

The shared site has the following folders to help you get through the pre-work and learn more about the solution . . .

StartHereAzureSphereOverview
- This folder contains video recordings of a training session I hosted for internal Avnet engineers. There are 5 video lectures reviewing the Azure Sphere solution, and two with me walking through labs #1 and #2. I'll add a third later today with a Lab-5 walkthrough.
- I recommend watching these in the order that they are numbered
LabDocuments
- This folder contains the lab documents

Azure Subscription: You don't need to have an Azure Subscription to get the most from the class, but it will help you in the long run. The class materials target using the Azure IoTCentral cloud solution because it's easy to use and is free as long as you don't connect more than 2 devices to your application. If you don't have an Azure Subscription, you can create a free IoTCentral application that's good for 7-day. After that period you'll need to convert it to an Azure Subscription, or recreate the application. If you associate your IoTCentral application with an Azure Subscription, it's still free (as long as you only connect 1-2 devices), but you can use it forever for free!

Follow this link to sign up for a Free Azure Subscription with $200 credit,

I think that's enough for now. Again, I'm excited to help you learn about this solution and how easily and quickly you can create highly secure application using Azure Sphere! Feel free to post questions here and I'll answer them in a timely manner.

Brian

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by Chrisliu

Chrisliu — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:20:12 GMT

Hi there,

I have Grove - OLED Display 1.12" V2 (128x128, SH1107G), how can I it work with Avnet Azure sphere kit? thanks.

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by ehubels

ehubels — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:30:47 GMT

Hi Brian,

Looking forward to the Workshops, have done most of the Lab's, all seem to work fine. There is however one thing I can't get to work. That is the direct connection with an IoT -Hub, no DPS, etc. I've done this many times with Rapsberry's. EPS, etc. The thing is that I believe you would need to put the key for that device somewhere in the actual code, but in none of the examples this is done? Anny suggestions, obviously in real life we want to use DPS, but sometimes for a quick demo of test it is easier just to use an IoTHUB direct connection. The device is registered, the connection with the HUB is made, but no telemetry!

Erik

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by AndersFord

AndersFord — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:30:38 GMT

Hi Brian, I have almost completed all the labs - I am stuck right near the end, verifiing my primary certificate. In the powershell window I get the error:

PS Z:\> azsphere ca-certificate download-proof --destination validationCertification.cer -c 306654CEF8D7D466955564A4B08EEE9DC5A94E8647A20664
The --destination (path) cannot be an existing file.

Have started over a few times - redownloading the certs. But no luck.

Any ideas?

Looking forward to the course starting.

Thanks

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by Chrisliu

Chrisliu — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:13:50 GMT

Hi Brian, I se my Devive Output:

with some error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Please advice. thanks

Remote debugging from host 192.168.35.1, port 62831
Diagnostics session failed to start.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.Avnet Starter Kit Simple Reference Application starting.
ScopeId: 0ne0049A4B3
LSM6DS0 Found!
LPS22HH Found!
LSM6DSO: Calibrating angular rate . . .
LSM6DSO: Please make sure the device is stationary.
LSM6DSO: Calibrating angular rate complete!
[Azure IoT] Using HSM cert at /run/daa/7bae7878-b811-4a8c-b815-e58e0a6c0fa0

LSM6DSO: Acceleration [g] : 0.0009, -0.0070, 0.2475
LSM6DSO: Angular rate [dps] : 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
LSM6DSO: Temperature1 [degC]: 39.68
ALSPT19: Ambient Light [Lux] : 161.64
LPS22HH: Pressure [kPa] : 1.02
LPS22HH: Pressure Altitude [m] : 44330.00
LPS22HH: Temperature2 [degC]: 37.77

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:33:59 GMT

Please post all new questions and comments on this Webinar in the forum here: Link

Thanks,

Brian

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:21:14 GMT

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

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:18:02 GMT

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

re: Azure Sphere Workshop: Session 1: Overview of the GenX and DevX by bwilless

bwilless — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:19:44 GMT

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