Setting up a Thing, network credentials, cloud variables, and code
After setting up the hardware, it’s time to set up a Thing in the Arduino IoT Cloud. For this project, we need one cloud variable to fetch BPM reading from the device. The network settings will be different from those of Arduino IoT development boards as we are using an ESP series board. Figure 12.7 shows the complete Thing details including cloud variables, device info, and network configurations:
Figure 12.7 – Tracking and notifying about your heart rate Thing setup
Set up a new Thing with the name Tracking and notifying about your heart rate. Then, proceed to the following sections of this chapter, which will take us through the following steps to create the variables, associate the device, set up the network configuration, and finally, apply the code:
- Firstly, we need to set up one cloud variable for BPM. The complete details regarding cloud variables are available...
