Publishing sensory data to cloud-based services

In this section, we will publish sensory data to an online dashboard using the MQTT protocol. This will involve setting up an account with the ThingsBoard website and making use of the demo environment.

Install the MQTT library

We will use the MQTT protocol in order to communicate with the dashboard in ThingsBoard. To set up the library on the Raspberry Pi, do the following:

1. Open a Terminal appliance from the main tool bar
2. Type sudo pip3 install pho-mqtt
3. You should see the library install

Set up an account and create a device

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