You can use Arduino IoT Cloud to log, graph, and analyze sensor data, trigger data, and home automation. It offers an easy platform for beginners and its ideal for rapid prototyping for professionals. You can quickly build remote sensor monitoring using widgets and connect to a spreadsheet, database, or automate alerts using webhooks. Devices are secured using X 509 certificate-based authentication, developers can create custom apps using Arduino IoT Cloud APIs, and its based on open hardware and open IoT standards.
The following video shows how you can get up and running in no time at all:
Sign up to Arduino IoT cloud at https://auth.arduino.cc/register :
or login if you have an account or use your google account:
You'll find a step-by-step tutorial as well as an FAQ. Currently, Arduino IoT Cloud only supports the MKR 1000, MKR WiFi 1010 and the MKR GSM 1400 boards. In the future the MKR VIDOR 4000 and Arduino Uno boards will also be supported. Next click on "New Thing" and select the board you wish to use to configure:
You'll need to download and install a plugin onto your computer, connect your board via USB, give it a name, and then configure your board. Arduino IoT Cloud is currently in the public beta stage. We welcome feedback on what you like and what you don’t!
Arduino IoT Cloud Components
Based on what the user wants to achieve, an IoT application will require a few basic components:
- Devices to collect data or control something (the hardware you want to use);
- Software to define the behavior of the hardware (code such as an Arduino Sketch)
- A Cloud application to store data, or remotely control the equipment. (cloud service provider
Arduino IoT Cloud Properties
Devices such as the MKR 1010 board use software (eg. Sketches) to run software, read sensors, control actuators, an communicate with the Arduino IoT Cloud. The "thing" in Internet of things refers to a collection of properties such as temperature or light and not the hardware itself. A thing is the logical representation of a connected object. Properties are the qualities defining the characteristics of a system. A property can be something like a 'read-only' (RO) setting to indicate the Arduino IoT Cloud can read the data, but cannot change the value of the property. A property might be designed as 'read and write' (RW) if the Arduino IoT Cloud can also remotely change the property’s value and send an event notification to the device.
For example, a device might have a sensor which will provide the room temperature. That would be read-only. It might also include a thermostat to be able which will change the room’s temperature.
| Property | Type | Value | Permission |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOM_TEMPERATURE | TEMP (F) | 64 | RO |
| DESIRED_TEMPERATURE | TEMP (F) | 69 | RW |
Arduino IoT Cloud Events
The Arduino IoT Cloud becomes aware of events when it receives application messages that indicate the something has happened. For example, it might be informed by a face-recognition application that someone is at a door, or it has received a request from another app that light has to be turned on.
Software for Arduino IoT Cloud
If you're familiar with Arduino then you are aware of how Sketches work. When you create a "sketch" it is processed and compiled to machine language. Sketches are basically a simplified version of C/C++. What Arduino IoT Cloud does it will quickly
and automatically generate a Sketch when setting up a new thing. Arduino IoT Cloud allows other methods o interaction, including HTTP REST API, MQTT, Command-Line Tools, Javascript, and Websockets.
You can get started using the Arduino IoT Cloud at the following location: https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/133030/iot-cloud-getting-started-c93255
Arduino IoT Cloud Projects:
- Arduino IoT in the Cloud - Door Alarm by rsc
- Arduino IoT Cloud controlled MKR Robot ARM: Das Blinken LED by jomoenginer
- Smart Clock over Cloud by fyaocn
- Temperature measurement with Arduino MKR WIFI 1010 and Cloud by kk99
- IOT Reflow Oven with Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 by fmilburn
- The Drawing Machine Part 2. The Arducycloid by balearicdynamics
- The Windchillator by bernhardmayer
Arduino MKR Boards:
| Product Name | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 Development Board * | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR WAN 1300 Development Board *** | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR GSM 1400 Development Board * | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR VIDOR 4000 Development Board ** | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
* - Supported with Arduino IoT Cloud
** - Support coming for Arduino IoT Cloud
*** - Not supported
Arduino Lora Gateway:
| Product Name | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Arduino Lora Gateway Pro * | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
* - only available in Europe
Arduino MKR Shields:
| Product Name | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
Arduino MKR SD Proto Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR CAN Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR Relay Proto Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR Connector Carrier | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR MEM Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR 485 Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR ETH Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR Proto Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino MKR Proto Large Shield | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
Arduino MKR Kits:
| Product Name | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Arduino MKR 1000 IoT Bundle | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |
| Arduino Engineering Kit | 1 | Buy NowBuy Now |