IoT Lab-18CS81-VIII Sem (VTU)
IoT Lab-18CS81-VIII Sem (VTU)
SPECIFICATIONS:
Let me introduce you to the electrifying Plug-and-Play IoT board! It’s easy to use and set up, has
fast development and focuses on programming and understanding the concepts better. It’s a great
start for beginners as well as very handy for building advanced projects. It requires no electrical
connections or the use of messy wires. Its modular nature is best suited for teaching students and
getting them interested in hands-on experience and for hobbyists as well!
This IoT board has an inbuilt LDR to measure Light intensity, a relay to control AC appliances;
an integrated motor driver to drive two DC motors. The board also has pins for DHT sensor to
measure temperature and humidity, 16x2 LCD or 128x32 OLED display, servo and it has
NodeMCU which supports Wi-Fi and the board also supports HC-05 Bluetooth module. It also
has an SD card module to store sensor data. You can simply plug the required sensor and play with
it or use the board to build wonderful projects!
Various Electronic, Embedded systems, IoT and Robotics based projects are supported by the
board. A beginner can learn simple electronic projects like detecting the presence of light with
LDR or learn about the Basics of GPIO and start their journey on Embedded systems. Learn how
to use UART, I2C, SPI interfacing with sensors and develop IoT based projects like Temperature
and humidity monitoring, Home Monitoring or Home Automation or Smart Home, Smart
Irrigation or Cloud-related projects. Once they have a good hold on basics, one can move on to
challenging Robotic projects like Robotic cars, Bluetooth controlled cars, Line following bot, Edge
detection bot and Obstacle avoiding bots.
Not only this, the board can also be used with SPI sensors like:
BMP280 Barometric Pressure and temperature sensor which is a small sensor that measures the
weight of the air and temperature SparkFun Triad Spectroscopy Sensor which is a powerful optical
inspection sensor Maxbotix MB1040 LV-MaxSonar-EZ4 Ultrasonic Sensor Sonar Module which
is used for detecting large objects using ultrasonic Sonar radiation SparkFun IR Thermometer
Evaluation Board - MLX90614 is a very powerful single-zone infrared thermometer, capable of
sensing object temperatures between -70 and 380°C.
LDR Interface
I2C LCD Display Interface
DC Motor Interface
Ultrasonic Sensor Interface
Bluetooth Interface
Digital Humidity and Temperature
(DHT11/DHT22) Sensor Interface
Relay Interface
ESP-NOW Two-Way Communication
between ESP8266 NodeMCU Boards
ESP-NOW with ESP8266: Send Data to
Multiple Boards (one-to-many)
ESP-NOW with ESP8266: Receive Data
from Multiple Boards (many-to-one)
ESP8266 NodeMCU with Google
Firebase (Real-time Database)