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You're reading from Practical Python Programming for IoT Build advanced IoT projects using a Raspberry Pi 4, MQTT, RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and Python 3

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838982461

Length 516 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

MQTT

Concepts

IoT Development

Author (1):

Gary Smart

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Programming with Python and the Raspberry Pi

2. Setting Up your Development Environment FREE CHAPTER

3. Getting Started with Python and IoT

4. Networking with RESTful APIs and Web Sockets Using Flask

5. Networking with MQTT, Python, and the Mosquitto MQTT Broker

6. Section 2: Practical Electronics for Interacting with the Physical World

7. Connecting Your Raspberry Pi to the Physical World

8. Electronics 101 for the Software Engineer

9. Section 3: IoT Playground - Practical Examples to Interact with the Physical World

10. Turning Things On and Off

11. Lights, Indicators, and Displaying Information

12. Measuring Temperature, Humidity, and Light Levels

13. Movement with Servos, Motors, and Steppers

14. Measuring Distance and Detecting Movement

15. Advanced IoT Programming Concepts - Threads, AsyncIO, and Event Loops

16. IoT Visualization and Automation Platforms

17. Tying It All Together - An IoT Christmas Tree

18. Assessments

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Configuring, running, and using the Tree MQTT service

The Tree MQTT service program provides an MQTT interface for controlling our tree's APA102 LED strip and servo by publishing MQTT messages to MQTT topics. You can find the Tree MQTT service program in the chapter14/tree_mqtt_service folder, and it contains the following files:

README.md: A full list of MQTT topics and message formats for controlling your IoTree.
main.py: This is the program's main entry point.
config.py: Program configuration.
apa102.py: This is an exact copy of the chapter14/tree_api_service/apa102.py. file
servo.py: This is an exact copy of the chapter14/tree_api_service/servo.py file.
mqtt_listener_client.py: This is a class that connects to an MQTT broker and subscribes to a topic that will receive messages to control the APA102 and servo. When MQTT messages are received, they are turned into a PubSub message and published using the PyPubSub library, which we discussed...

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Authors (1)

Gary Smart

Gary Smart is a senior software engineer and an IoT and integration expert. The commencement of Gary's IT career coincided with the birth of the World Wide Web and has grown in line with the internet and emerging technologies ever since, including the rise of mobile phones and tablets, embedded technologies, SaaS and business migration to the cloud, and in recent years, the IoT revolution. Gary's practical experience includes both technical and management positions and experience in both small and large organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, Deakin University, and Pacific Hydro-Tango, boutique consulting firms, and innovative internet and IoT start-ups.

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