IoT cloud configuration

In this section, we will learn how to start using an IoT cloud platform. As already mentioned, there are many players in this space. The choice of IoT cloud will depend on your requirements. Let's move ahead and see how to register and then set up an IoT edge device to send data to the ThingSpeak IoT cloud platform.

Step 1 - IoT cloud registration

Registering on various available IoT platforms will be slightly different from one another; however, the basic steps would remain the same across the board. Let's follow the steps outlined here to register on the ThingSpeak IoT platform:

1. The first step is to create an account. While this book was being written, ThingSpeak did not require a credit...