A quick tutorial on Azure IoT Hub

In this section, we will build a simulated version of a typical IoT application using the Azure IoT Hub. In the following diagram, you can see a temperature sensor connected to the Azure IoT Hub, which is then picked up by a Windows PC:

Instead of hooking up an actual temperature sensor, we will simulate it with a Python program. If you do not already have an Azure account/subscription, you will need to sign up and create one.

For this tutorial, you will require the following:

• An Azure account/subscription
• A computer running Python 3.7+
• A Windows computer to run a small utility

Let's get started.

Creating an Azure IoT Hub

To begin, we will create an IoT Hub in Azure. The steps are...