IoT Dashboard

Project for 420-531-VA (Internet of Things)

Hardware Prerequisites

• Raspberry Pi 4 (or equivalent compatible board)

• ESP8266 or ESP32 microcontroller

• The GPIO are setup as follows

Function	Pin (RPi)	Pin (ESP8266)
LED	17
DHT11	4
Motor EN	23
Motor IN1	24
Motor IN2	25
Photoresistor		A0
RFID Reader		Refer to this article

Software Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• Node.js 18.0+
• Mosquitto MQTT Broker 2.0+

Getting Started

Create a file .env, containing the following

NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=<notification recipient>

EMAIL_ADDRESS=<email address>
EMAIL_PASSWORD=<email password>

Run the following commands to install the required libraries

pip install -r requirements.txt
npm install

Make sure that the mosquitto broker is running, then run the following terminals simultaneously (on different terminals)

1. Bluetooth packet listener

sudo node bluetooth.js

2. IoT Dashboard

python app