Chapter 11. Tweet-a-PowerStrip

Smart power management units or strips are part of some of the most popular IoT subdomains, smart homes and smart grids. Nowadays, smart power strips are commercially available and provide a large number of features, such as remote access, smart power usage, and power management. In this project, we are going to create a smart DIY power strip that can be controlled remotely using status messages posted on Twitter, the popular social media website (http://www.twitter.com). These messages are also known as tweets. Basically, just like you can control sensors remotely using a web browser, you can control them by sending a tweet. We've already worked with low-power sensors in the previous project, so let's work with AC appliances in this project. We will be implementing the same project development methods that we utilized in the previous project. This chapter avoids additional explanations about the process and sticks only to the details associated with the project...