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Developing IoT Projects with ESP32

You're reading from   Developing IoT Projects with ESP32 Automate your home or business with inexpensive Wi-Fi devices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838641160
Length 474 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Using ESP32
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with ESP32 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Talking to the Earth – Sensors and Actuators 4. Chapter 3: Impressive Outputs with Displays 5. Chapter 4: A Deep Dive into the Advanced Features 6. Chapter 5: Practice – Multisensor for Your Room 7. Section 2: Local Network Communication
8. Chapter 6: A Good Old Friend – Wi-Fi 9. Chapter 7: Security First! 10. Chapter 8: I Can Speak BLE 11. Chapter 9: Practice – Making Your Home Smart 12. Section 3: Cloud Communication
13. Chapter 10: No Cloud, No IoT – Cloud Platforms and Services 14. Chapter 11: Connectivity Is Never Enough – Third-Party Integrations 15. Chapter 12: Practice – A Voice-Controlled Smart Fan 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding cloud IoT platforms

We can use ESP32 with a wide range of cloud platforms. The most popular ones are the following:

  • AWS IoT
  • Azure IoT
  • Google IoT Core
  • Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform

The best way to understand what an IoT platform means is to look at its offerings and services. Let's see briefly what they provide for us to develop IoT projects.

AWS IoT

AWS IoT provides many services to help developers in their IoT endeavors. The services in the AWS cloud can be grouped into three categories:

  • Control services
  • Device software
  • Data services

The control services cover the device management capabilities of AWS IoT. The most basic one, AWS IoT Core, is the central service for IoT solutions. IoT devices connect to the whole AWS infrastructure through AWS IoT Core. AWS IoT Device Management lets IoT vendors track and manage their IoT devices in bulk. AWS IoT Device Defender is responsible for the security of IoT devices by...

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