Blinking an LED using a Domain Specific Language applied through a Module Twin to a Docker container running Johnny 5 on a Raspberry Pi. Story Overview: Azure IoT Edge allows for intermittent connected devices to obtain desired properties through “Module Twins.” These twins can be used as a desired state configuration to drive specific …
Xbee Radios I purchased two XBee Series 1 Module (Freescale 802.15.4 firmware) from Adafruit. These are manufactured by Digi and are low-power module with wire antenna (XB24-AWI-001). They have a 250 kbps RF data rates and operate at 2.4 GHz. These radios use the IEEE 802.15.4 networking protocol and can perform point-to-multi-point or peer-to-peer networking , but as configured here, they do not mesh. The Digi …
The Raspberry Pi is a great thing: it is real computer, it is cheap ($40), it can interface with electronics, talk to the web and has full HDMI support. However it runs on Linux, which I have a love-hate relationship with. I love the idea of Linux, but when I start messing around the command line …
