Uploaded June 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Let's get Smart.. Using a smart device to remotely control and monitor our IoT node is the order of the day today and to achieve this I will introduce another IBM product called NODE-Red
This is Day 6 of Celebrating TI IoT week, I am building an IoT node that will monitor the Temperature of wherever you place it and control a fan in order to cool things down if so desired. It is also monitor and controll from a smart device and supports manual control of the fan
TI products will be used for this project as much as possible with the heart being a TI Launchpad CC3200.
"Cloud" enabled, LCD Display, Temperature sensing and Fan control has been added to our node and today we add the ability to remote control our sensor node using any smart device running a modern browser.
Tomorrow, being the last day of the project, we will have a fully working IoT node that will post the data upto an MQTT server (The Cloud) and provide you with the means to subscribe to that data and present it in a useful way on a Smart device via an HTML5 browser and if all goes well, it will be solar powered with a battery to last the night.
In this video I will introduce you to another wonderful IBM product called NODE-RED. It is a free to use program that can run on a TI Sitara CPU under Linux. This could easily be a Beaglebone Black. Or if you must, on a Raspberry PI or other Linux based system. This will provide a graphical designed workflow engine and the HTML5 Smart interface that any device able to run a modern browser will be able to use. This includes most Tablets, Desktops and Smartphones. It is easy to use and get up and running. Oh and the system running the Node-Red could also run a local MQTT service and form the heart of a Home Automation system with ease.
If you want to replicate this project, it should not cost you more than 50-80$ depending on your current parts and options you choose.
The launchpad selected for this project is the CC3200. ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/launchpads-connected-cc3200-launchxl.html#tabs
TI Temperature sensor selected for the project is the TMP275
TMP275 ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp275.pdf
The Display is the 430BOOST-SHARP96 ti.com/lit/ug/slau553/slau553.pdf and purchased from here ti.com/tool/430boost-sharp96 or other vendors of your choice
MQTT Libraries are included with the Energia download but for more information you can go here mqtt.org and here iot.eclipse.org/. If you want to set up your own local MQTT server then refer to this resource:- mosquitto.org
Node-Red can be downloaded for most Linux systems, just google the board and Node-Red. for help with it, see my other videos or look here :- nodered.org and for plugins see here:- flows.nodered.org
I would like to thank Texas Instruments for their support and sponsorship with this project
Other videos for this series can be found here:-
Day 1 youtu.be/im-ip8ZAXjY
Day 2 youtu.be/QfE8kPg5cWk
Day 3 youtu.be/feak2L_gM_w
Day 4 youtu.be/AwO9qjMBsiE
Day 5 youtu.be/5RdPFRs1cAc
Day 6 youtu.be/f48pHgzB6VE
Day 7 youtu.be/fpYWajndIOQ
Let's get Smart.. Using a smart device to remotely control and monitor our IoT node is the order of the day today and to achieve this I will introduce another IBM product called NODE-Red
This is Day 6 of Celebrating TI IoT week, I am building an IoT node that will monitor the Temperature of wherever you place it and control a fan in order to cool things down if so desired. It is also monitor and controll from a smart device and supports manual control of the fan
TI products will be used for this project as much as possible with the heart being a TI Launchpad CC3200.
"Cloud" enabled, LCD Display, Temperature sensing and Fan control has been added to our node and today we add the ability to remote control our sensor node using any smart device running a modern browser.
Tomorrow, being the last day of the project, we will have a fully working IoT node that will post the data upto an MQTT server (The Cloud) and provide you with the means to subscribe to that data and present it in a useful way on a Smart device via an HTML5 browser and if all goes well, it will be solar powered with a battery to last the night.
In this video I will introduce you to another wonderful IBM product called NODE-RED. It is a free to use program that can run on a TI Sitara CPU under Linux. This could easily be a Beaglebone Black. Or if you must, on a Raspberry PI or other Linux based system. This will provide a graphical designed workflow engine and the HTML5 Smart interface that any device able to run a modern browser will be able to use. This includes most Tablets, Desktops and Smartphones. It is easy to use and get up and running. Oh and the system running the Node-Red could also run a local MQTT service and form the heart of a Home Automation system with ease.
If you want to replicate this project, it should not cost you more than 50-80$ depending on your current parts and options you choose.
The launchpad selected for this project is the CC3200. ti.com/ww/en/launchpad/launchpads-connected-cc3200-launchxl.html#tabs
TI Temperature sensor selected for the project is the TMP275
TMP275 ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp275.pdf
The Display is the 430BOOST-SHARP96 ti.com/lit/ug/slau553/slau553.pdf and purchased from here ti.com/tool/430boost-sharp96 or other vendors of your choice
MQTT Libraries are included with the Energia download but for more information you can go here mqtt.org and here iot.eclipse.org/. If you want to set up your own local MQTT server then refer to this resource:- mosquitto.org
Node-Red can be downloaded for most Linux systems, just google the board and Node-Red. for help with it, see my other videos or look here :- nodered.org and for plugins see here:- flows.nodered.org
I would like to thank Texas Instruments for their support and sponsorship with this project
Other videos for this series can be found here:-
Day 1 youtu.be/im-ip8ZAXjY
Day 2 youtu.be/QfE8kPg5cWk
Day 3 youtu.be/feak2L_gM_w
Day 4 youtu.be/AwO9qjMBsiE
Day 5 youtu.be/5RdPFRs1cAc
Day 6 youtu.be/f48pHgzB6VE
Day 7 youtu.be/fpYWajndIOQ
