May 2020
Intermediate to advanced
262 pages
6h 48m
English
Content preview from Hands-On Edge Analytics with Azure IoT
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
Start your free trial
Connecting our edge device
The following are needed for this step:
- Pycom LoPy/LoPy 4 microcontroller
- FTDI adapter or Pycom expansion board
- Antenna pig tail and antenna
- Breadboard and jumpers
- Atom IDE
- USB cable
Let's begin:
- For those who have purchased a Pycom expansion board, you can use it to connect the LoPy/LoPy 4 to your computer. If not, you can use an FTDI USB to TTL serial adapter. If you have the option of either, choose the FTDI USB to TTL serial adapter as it will be easier to follow the tutorial with this setup. Refer to the following diagram to hook up a LoPy/LoPy 4 to an FTDI adapter. Be sure to use a 3.3V FTDI adapter to avoid damaging the LoPy/LoPy 4:
- To start programming the Pycom LoPy/LoPy 4, we will need an IDE. We ...