CHAPTER 12 ■ IOT PLATFORMS
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
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Read soil moisture sensor data
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Set up Xively to receive moisture sensor data
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Set up a trigger in Xively to send an e-mail using a Zapier task
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Write code to read the moisture sensor data and publish it to
Xively
Hardware Required
Figure  12-2 provides a list of all hardware components required for building the soil
moisture control system.
Figure 12-2. Hardware required for the soil moisture control system
Software Required
In order to develop this soil moisture control system, you need following software:
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Arduino IDE 1.6.4 or later
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Xively (hosted)
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Zapier (hosted)