ESP32, a low-cost and energy-efficient system-on-a-chip microcontroller, has become the backbone of numerous WiFi devices, fueling IoT innovation. This book offers a holistic approach to building an IoT system from the ground up, ensuring secure data communication from sensors to cloud platforms, empowering you to create production-grade IoT solutions using the ESP32 SoC.
Starting with IoT essentials supported by real-world use cases, this book takes you through the entire process of constructing an IoT device using ESP32. Each chapter introduces new dimensions to your IoT applications, covering sensor communication, the integration of prominent IoT libraries like LittleFS and LVGL, connectivity options via WiFi, security measures, cloud integration, and the visualization of real-time data using Grafana. Furthermore, a dedicated section explores AI/ML for embedded systems, guiding you through building and running ML applications with tinyML and ESP32-S3 to create state-of-the-art embedded products.
This book adopts a hands-on approach, ensuring you can start building IoT solutions right from the beginning. Towards the end of the book, you'll tackle a full-scale Smart Home project, applying all the techniques you've learned in real-time.
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Explore ESP32 with IDE and debugging tools for effective IoT creation
Drive GPIO, I2C, multimedia, and storage for seamless integration of external devices
Utilize handy IoT libraries to enhance your ESP32 projects
Manage WiFi like a pro with STA & AP modes, provisioning, and ESP Rainmaker framework features
Ensure robust IoT security with secure boot and OTA firmware updates
Harness AWS IoT for data handling and achieve stunning visualization using Grafana
Enhance your projects with voice capabilities using ESP AFE and Speech Recognition
Innovate with tinyML on ESP32-S3 and the Edge Impulse platform
The sections end with a complete project to demonstrate how a real-life project would look. Although they cannot count as final products, they lay out the fundamentals of IoT application design and development practices by explaining and implementing the key principles.
A basic understanding of embedded systems, programming, networking, and cloud computing concepts is necessary to get started with the book.