Mastering Internet of Things

Getting what you need

For the purposes of this chapter, you will need the following:

• A Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 (you'll need three in total, throughout the book)
• A micro SD memory card (16 GB or greater) for each Raspberry Pi
• A shielded box, to avoid electrostatic damage to your device
• A laptop or PC running Windows 10, where you can insert the memory card
• An Ethernet network cable, if you use Raspberry Pi 2 or lack Wi-Fi
• An internet connection

The Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 will allow us to run .NET applications and control peripherals using digital input and output easily. It's also a great platform for creating connected distributed services. One of its weaknesses, however, is its lack of simple out-of-the-box analog interfaces. To do analog input ...