Arduino MKR1000 & Thinger

A simple IoT (Internet of Things) experiment using Arduino/Genuino MKR1000 and Thinger IoT platform. Watch the video below (click here) to see its action, then follow the instructions to build your own!

1. What You Need 🎁

To build this project, you need the following items:

• 1 Arduino/Genuino MKR1000 board
• 2 LEDs
• 1 Potentiometer
• 1 breadboard
• some jumper wires
• Arduino IDE (download here)
• WiFi101 library (download here)
• Thinger library (download here)

2. Setup Virtual Device on Thinger 📱

• First, you have to sign up or login to Thinger.io. Then create a virtual device: click Devices menu, and click +Add Device button. Fill out the forms: Device Id, Device description & Device credentials, then click Add Device.

  

3. Schematics 🔧🔨

• Connect your parts to Arduino MKR1000 as the following picture:

  

4. Sketch 📋

• Make sure the WiFi101 & Thinger library are installed. Open Arduino IDE then copy the sketch below. Insert your Thinger username, Device ID, Device Credentials, WiFi name & WiFi password. Make sure you have chosen the right option for Board and Port under Tools menu. Upload it!

  #define _DISABLE_TLS_
  #include <WiFi101.h>
  #include <ThingerWifi101.h>
  
  #define USERNAME "your_thinger_username"    // Thinger username
  #define DEV_ID "your_device_id"             // Thinger device ID
  #define DEV_CRED "your_device_credential"   // Thinger device credential
  
  #define SSID "your_wifi_name"               // wifi SSID
  #define SSID_PASSWORD "your_wifi_password"  // wifi password
  
  ThingerWifi101 thing(USERNAME, DEV_ID, DEV_CRED);
  
  void setup() {
      pinMode(0, OUTPUT);
      thing.add_wifi(SSID, SSID_PASSWORD);
      thing["led"] << digitalPin(0);
      thing["led2"] << analogPin(1);
      thing["pot"] >> outputValue(analogRead(A0));
  }
  
  void loop() {
      thing.handle();
  }

5. Setup Dashboard on Thinger 📱

• Go to Dashboards menu & click +Add Dashboard button. Then fill out the forms: Dashboard Id, Dashboard name & Dashboard description, then click Add Dashboard button.

  

• Go to your dashboard, then create widgets to control and/or monitor your device. On your dashboard click +Add Widget & feel free to use any Thinger's widgets. On this project, I use:

  • On/Off State (to control my LED on/off),
  • Slider (to control the brightness of my LED),
  • Donut Chart (show my potentiometer value as a gauge), and
  • Time Series Chart (show my potentiometer value as a bar graph).

  

6. Have Fun! 😎

• After everything is done, make sure your Arduino MKR1000 has a good internet connection. On your Thinger's dashboard you can control your LEDs & monitor your potentiometer value! Have fun!

Lintang Wisesa 💌 lintangwisesa@ymail.com

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