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Internet of Things with Python

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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785881381

Length 388 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Author (1):

Gaston C. Hillar

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Understanding and Setting up the Base IoT Hardware

2. Working with Python on Intel Galileo Gen 2 FREE CHAPTER

3. Interacting with Digital Outputs with Python

4. Working with a RESTful API and Pulse Width Modulation

5. Working with Digital Inputs, Polling and Interrupts

6. Working with Analog Inputs and Local Storage

7. Retrieving Data from the Real World with Sensors

8. Displaying Information and Performing Actions

9. Working with the Cloud

10. Analyzing Huge Amounts of Data with Cloud-based IoT Analytics

A. Exercise Answers

Index

Retrieving the board's assigned IP address

The board has finished the boot process with the Yocto Linux microSD card and is connected to our LAN throught the Ethernet port. The DHCP server has assigned the board an IP address and we need to know it in order to run commands on a Yocto Linux console. There are many ways for us to retrieve the board's assigned IP address. We will explore the different options and you can choose the most convenient one based on your LAN configuration.

If the board is connected to one of the Ethernet ports of a Wireless router and we have access to the router's Web interface, we can easily know the IP address assigned to the board. Some router's Web interfaces display the wired clients list. As our board is connected through an Ethernet wire, it will be listed as one of the wired clients and the device MAC address will match the MAC address printer in the adhesive label on the board's Ethernet jacket. The following picture shows the Wired-clients list in a router...

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Authors (1)

Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.

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