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|| Visual Cue
|| Narration
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|| Slide 1:
|| Welcome to the''' '''Spoken Tutorial on '''Sending data to the cloud using IoT devices.'''
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||Slide 2:
Learning Objectives

|| In this tutorial, we will learn how to
* Establish connection between '''ESP8266-01''' and '''DHT11 sensor'''
* Collect '''Temperature''' and '''Humidity''' values given by '''DHT11 sensor'''
* Use '''ThingSpeak''' platform to store and visualize '''sensor''' readings and
* Download the '''data''' in '''CSV''' file
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||Slide 3:

Pre-Requisites
||To follow this tutorial, you should have a basic knowledge of:

* '''Wireless Communication '''
* '''C or C++ '''programming language
* '''ThingSpeak''' account and
* Write '''API Key'''

If not, then go through the relevant '''Arduino''' spoken tutorials on this website.
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||Slide 4:

System Requirements
||To record this tutorial, here I am using:
* '''Ubuntu Linux 16.04''' OS
* '''Arduino UNO board'''
* '''Arduino IDE'''
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||Slide 5:

External Components
DHT11.jpg

MB102 Power Supply.jpg
||We also require some external components such as
* '''DHT11 Sensor'''
* '''MB102 Breadboard Power Supply Module'''
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||ESP8266-01 WiFi Module.jpg 

Point to Tx Rx
|| '''ESP8266-01 WiFi Module'''
*Recall that we have learnt about the '''pins''' of '''ESP8266-01 WiFi module''' in the earlier tutorial.
* This '''wifi module''' is widely used for the development of '''IoT applications'''.
* It has a '''built-in System on Chip''' with integrated '''TCP/IP stack.'''
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||Slide 6:
MQTT Protocol
|| 
* We will be using the '''MQTT protocol''' to send '''data''' over the '''network'''.
* '''MQTT''' stands for '''Message Queuing Telemetry Transport.'''
* It is a simple '''messaging protocol''', designed for devices with low '''bandwidth'''.
* We can read and publish '''data''' from '''sensors''' on the cloud.
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|| 
||We will see the circuit connection of''' DHT11 '''and''' WiFi module''' with '''Arduino'''.
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||Image '''DHT-Arduino.png'''

Highlight the individual connections
|| Connect the '''VCC pin''' of the '''DHT11 sensor''' to the '''5V pin''' of '''Arduino'''.

Connect the '''ground pin''' of the '''DHT11 sensor''' to the '''ground pin''' of '''Arduino'''.
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||Image '''Data Pin-GPIO2.png''' 

Highlight the individual connections



||Connect '''Data pin''' of '''DHT11 sensor''' to '''GPIO2''' of '''ESP8266 Module'''.

Note: 
The '''ESP8266 module''' works only on '''3.3V'''.
Connecting it to '''5V''' may damage the''' Wi-Fi module'''.
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|| 
|| Next we will see how to set up the''' MB102 module''' on '''Breadboard'''.
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||'''MB102 folder:'''
MB102_setup1.jpg

Highlight the jumpers
||We need to use the '''3.3V''' supply to power up the '''wifi module'''.

Make sure that the yellow coloured '''jumpers''' in the '''modules''' are fixed on the '''3.3V''' and '''OFF pins'''.
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|| MB102_setup2.jpg

Highlight the white button
|| Keep the white button of the '''module''' towards the right side of the '''breadboard''' as shown in the image.
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MB102_setup3.jpg

Highlight the pins
||These are '''pins''' in pairs at the bottom of the '''MB102 module'''. 

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||MB102_setup4.jpg

Highlight the pins
||Place these '''pins''' of the '''module''' on the '''power rails''' of the '''breadboard''' as shown in the image.
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MB102_setup5.jpg

Highlight the power jack
||We can see a '''power jack point''' on the '''MB102 module'''.
Plug in a '''9V-1A adapter''' in this '''power jack'''.
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|| MB102_setup6.jpg

Highlight the white button
|| To turn '''ON''' or '''OFF''' the '''MB102 module''', we have to press the white button.
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|| MB102_setup7.jpg

Green light is on
||When the green light is turned '''on''', it means the '''module''' is switched '''on'''.

Now the setup of the '''MB102 module''' is completed.
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|| 
|| Let us see the other circuit connections.
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||Image '''ESP-Power Supply Module 3.3V.png'''


Image '''ESP-Power Supply Module GND.png'''


Image '''RST-GND.png'''


Image '''GPIO0-GND.png'''


Image '''Rx-Tx Connection.png'''
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* Connect '''VCC''' and '''CH_PD pins''' of '''ESP8266''' to '''3.3V pin''' of '''MB102 power supply module'''.
* Connect '''GND''' pin of '''ESP8266''' to '''ground pin''' of '''MB102 power supply module'''.
* Connect the '''RST''' that is '''Reset pin''' of '''ESP8266 module''' to one end of the '''push button'''.
* This '''push button''' is used for '''reset'''ting the '''WiFi module'''.
* Connect the other end of the '''push button''' to the '''ground terminal''' of '''Arduino'''
* Connect '''GPIO pin 0''' of '''ESP8266 module''' to '''ground'''.
* Connect the '''Tx pin''' of '''ESP8266''' to the '''Tx pin''' of the '''Arduino'''.
* Connect the '''Rx pin''' of '''ESP8266''' to the''' Rx pin''' of the '''Arduino'''.

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||Slide 9:

Live Setup
|| This is the live setup of the connection, as shown in the circuit diagram. 
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||
 
|| Now we will write the program in '''Arduino IDE''' for interfacing '''WiFi module '''and''' DHT11 Sensor.'''
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||Slide:

Code Files:
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* The files used in this tutorial are available in the'''Code files '''link on this tutorial page.
* Please download and extract them  
* Make a copy and then use them while practising
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|| Open Arduino IDE 
|| Open '''Arduino IDE'''. 
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|| Narration
|| Connect your '''Arduino board''' to your PC.
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||

Go to the Tools menu. Select '''port''' option.
Tools => Port.
||First, we need to know the name of the '''port''' to which '''Arduino''' is connected.

In the menu bar, go to the '''Tools''' menu. Select '''port''' option.

In my case, the '''port''' is '''ttyUSB0. '''Note down your '''port''' name.

'''Windows''' users can skip the steps below as the '''port''' is detected automatically.
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|| Open the'''terminal'''
|| Open the'''terminal''' by pressing'''Ctrl+Alt+t''' keys simultaneously.
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||

Type,'''sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB0''' => press Enter
||Type, '''sudo space chmod space a+rw space slash dev slash ttyUSB0'''

In my case, the '''port''' name is '''ttyUSB0'''

You have to specify your '''port''' name.

Press '''Enter'''.
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||Type password => press Enter



||Enter the '''password''' for the system and press '''Enter'''.

The above '''command''' gives '''read-write permission''' to the '''USB port.'''
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|| Switch back to arduino IDE
|| Switch back to '''Arduino IDE.'''
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||Click File => Preferences 

||Next we will configure the '''ESP8266 module''' to communicate. 

Click on the '''File''' menu. Select '''Preferences'''.
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||New window => Settings => Additional Boards Manager URLs




Click on Ok button
||A new window will appear.

In the '''Settings''' tab, go to the '''Additional Boards Manager URLs '''section.

Add this '''json URL'''.
This will help to download '''ESP8266 WiFi module '''in''' Arduino IDE.'''

Click on the '''OK''' button at the bottom of the window.
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||Click Tools => Board => Boards Manager
||In the menu bar, click on the '''Tools''' menu and select '''Board'''.

Then select the '''Board Manager''' option.
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||New windown => Search tab => type ESP8266
||A new window will appear.

In the top right, we can see a '''search tab'''.

Here, type '''ESP8266''' and press '''Enter'''.
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||Select ESP8266 Community Module

Click on version drop down box

Click on '''Install''' button
||Select '''ESP8266 by ESP8266 Community'''.

In the version drop down box, select the '''latest version '''of the '''module'''.

Click on the '''Install '''button to install the '''module'''. 

Installation will take few minutes to complete. 

Wait until it is installed successfully.
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||Point to Installed button

Click on the Close button
||The '''ESP8266 module''' is now installed in the '''Arduino IDE'''.

Click on the '''Close''' button at the right bottom of the window.
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|| 
|| Next, we need to download a''' DHT sensor library''' to successfully run the code.
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||Click on Sketch => select Include Library => Manage Libraries
||Click on the '''Sketch''' option.

Select '''Include Library''' and then click on '''Manage Libraries'''.
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||New window => Search box => type Simple DHT => select the latest version and install
||A new window will open.

Type '''Simple DHT''' on the '''search''' box.

Select the latest version and install the '''Simple DHT by Winlin'''.
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|| 

Click on Close button
||Make sure that the above steps are done successfully before proceeding further.
Click on the '''Close''' button at the right bottom of the window. 
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|| 
|| Type the code as shown.
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||#include <SimpleDHT.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
String apiKey = "N9FEWDVPBUFUII32"; 

||We have included the '''DHT and ESP8266 libraries''' to the code.

Here, we have to enter our '''channel Write API key '''which we generated already.
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||char *ssid = "Pratik"; 

char *pass = "Pratikjb@";

char* server = "api.thingspeak.com";

||'''SSID''' is the '''name''' of the '''Wi-Fi module'''.

'''Pass''' is the '''passcode '''to join the '''Wi-Fi network'''.

You have to give a unique '''ssid''' and '''password'''.

This is the '''Thingspeak api server''', where we will be uploading the '''data'''.
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||#define pinDHT11 2

SimpleDHT11 dht11(pinDHT11);

WiFiClient client;

||Define the '''data pin''' of '''DHT11 sensor''' connected to '''ESP8266 module''' as shown here.

This '''code''' sets the '''DHT11 data pin'''.

This line of '''code''' creates a '''client''' to the specified '''IP address''' or '''server'''.
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||void setup()

{

Serial.println("");

Serial.println("WiFi connected");

}

||Type this '''code''' in the '''void setup function'''.

Here, the '''baud rate''' is '''set''' to '''115200''' as the '''WiFi module''' works on '''115200 baud rate'''.

The connection is established with the '''ssid''' and '''password''' which we declared earlier.

We will establish a connection between '''ThingSpeak server '''and''' ESP8266 WiFi module. '''

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||Type the code from the Code files provided or copy-paste in the IDE
||Type this '''code''' in the '''void loop function'''.

We have '''declared''' two '''variables''' for '''humidity''' and '''temperature'''.

This will read the '''temperature''' and '''humidity''' values.

First check whether the connection is established between the '''ThingSpeak cloud''' and '''WiFi module.'''

Then the '''data''' including '''humidity, temperature''' and '''API keys''' will be sent to the '''server'''.

Based on the '''API key''' value, the '''ThingSpeak server''' automatically selects the '''channel'''.

This prints the '''data''' on the '''ThingSpeak server''' where the '''WiFi module''' will be connected.

We are done with the required coding.
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||Click on the '''Compile''' button => follow the intuitive steps to save the program.

||Let us '''compile''' and save the program.

Click on the''' Compile''' button to verify the''' program.'''

A pop up window will appear to save the current '''program'''.

Name the '''program''' as '''DHT11_IoT '''and click on the '''Save''' button to save the '''program'''.
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||Tools => Board => Generic ESP8266 Module


Select ESP8266 module to upload the program.
||Now, before uploading the '''program''' we have to select the '''ESP8266 module'''.

Click on the '''Tools''' option and select '''board'''.

Scroll down and select '''Generic ESP8266 Module'''.
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|| Tools => Reset Method = no dtr (aka ck).
||Next step is to select the '''Reset''' option. 

In the menu bar, select '''Tools'''. Go to the '''Reset Method'''.

Select '''no dtr (aka ck).'''

This will help to '''reset''' the '''wifi module''' manually.
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|| 


Tools => Builtin LED = 1
||Next we need to '''set''' the '''built in LED''' of '''ESP8266 Module'''.

Again select '''Tools'''.

Go to the '''Builtin LED '''option. Set the''' Builtin LED''' to '''1.'''
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||Click on the Upload button

||Now click on the '''Upload''' button to upload the current '''program''' on''' ESP8266-01. '''

We can see the '''program''' getting uploaded at the bottom of the screen.

Now the '''program''' has been  successfully uploaded.
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||Rx-Tx Connection.png => disconnect
|| After uploading the '''code''', disconnect the '''GPIO pin 0''' of '''ESP8266 module''' from ground.
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||Slide:

Working of '''ThingSpeak''' channel
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* First, the '''DHT11 module''' will get connected to the '''WiFi network'''.
* It will read '''temperature''' and '''humidity''' data from the '''sensor'''.
* After a few seconds, these values will be uploaded to '''ThingSpeak channel'''
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|| ThingSpeak''' page => graphs
||Let's see our output on our '''channel''' created on '''ThingSpeak'''.

Go to the '''ThingSpeak''' page.

We can see a graph of '''temperature''' and '''humidity''' values from the '''DHT11 sensor'''.
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|| 
|| Next, we will see how to export the current data of''' DHT11 sensor'''.
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||Download the Data in CSV file



Click on Data Import/Export => scroll down => Export => select time zone => click on Download button => click on Save button
||Click on the '''Data Import/Export''' option on the '''GUI''' of your '''channel'''.

Scroll down to see the '''Export''' option on the left side.

Select the time zone as shown here.

Now click on '''Download''' button.

Click on the '''Save''' button. 
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|| Go to Downloads folder => locate and open CSV 
||Let us open the downloaded '''CSV''' file.

Go to the '''Downloads''' folder and open the '''CSV''' file.

This is the '''temperature''' and '''humidity data''' that is collected from the '''sensor'''. 
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||Slide 10:CSV File

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* With the '''ThingSpeak''' platform, it is possible to fetch the device reading in '''CSV''' file.
* This is useful to help '''data analytics''' using '''R''' or '''Matlab'''.
* Go through the '''R Spoken tutorials''' for '''data analytics'''.

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|| 
|| This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. 
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||Slide 11:

Summary
||In this tutorial, we learnt to:
* Establish connection between '''ESP8266-01''' and '''DHT11 sensor'''
* Collect '''Temperature''' and '''Humidity''' values given by '''DHT11 Sensor'''
* Use '''ThingSpeak''' platform to store and visualize '''sensor''' readings and
* Download the '''data''' in '''CSV''' file

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||Slide 12:

About Spoken Tutorial project
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Please download and watch it.
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||Slide 13:

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For more details, please write to us.
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||Slide 14:

Forum for specific questions
|| Please post your timed queries in this forum.
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||Slide 15:

Acknowledgement
|| The Spoken Tutorial project is funded by MHRD, Government of India.
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|| 
||This tutorial has been contributed by FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay. 

This is Saurabh signing off.

Thanks for watching.
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