Required component

To be able to complete all the chapter steps, besides the Galileo board, breadboard, and, wires, we'll use some of the sensors contained in the Grove Starter Kit, plus – Intel IoT edition. We'll also use a generic analog soil moisture sensor that is not contained in the mentioned kit:

Grove sensors used in the project

We'll be using a Grove LED, Grove Temperature, and Grove Light sensors. These sensors are there in the Grove starter kit plus – Intel IoT edition. To be able to connect the sensors to your board, you'll need to use the Grove Base Shield V2 and the 26AWG Grove cables contained in this kit. If you prefer, you can use other type of sensors, but if they don't have a UPM module available (http://iotdk.intel.com/docs/master/upm/modules.html), you'll only be able to use them with the MRAA library. Let's take a look at these Grove sensors:

• Grove Temperature: The Grove temperature sensor is a thermistor-based sensor. It is an analog sensor that allows us to obtain the...