DIY IoT project kits for engineering students

Summary:

Internet of Things is a new “thing” in the technological field. Technology is ever-evolving and to bind everything together is what the Internet of Things abide by. The extensive use of sensors and wireless connectivity in the devices has increased exponentially and will be ever-increasing. This increase in the use of these devices excites the technological geeks and even the hobbyists to explore their horizons and come up with new devices every day. Connecting everything to everything seems like a good idea.

Note:

Have you checked out our projects on Internet of Things yet?
Internet of Things Kit will be shipped to you and you can build using tutorials. You can start with a free demo today!

1. IoT (Career Building Course)

2. Home Automation using IoT

3. Smart Irrigation System

4. Smart Building using IoT

5. IoT using Arduino

6. 2 IoT Projects (Combo Course)

7. 5 IoT Projects (Combo Course)

8. Smart Water Monitoring

9. Automated Street Lighting

10. IoT Training & Internship

11. Home Automation System using IoT & Raspberry Pi

DIY- Do It Yourself – Kits are a package of products that are arranged and connected in the prescribed order works as a project model.

IoT in simple words can be explained as connecting all the tangible and intangible things to make it more convenient for humans.  For example, how it feels to control your air conditioner before reaching home through your mobile? Interesting isn’t it? IoT gives you the leverage of operating your A.C. through your smartphone that you will never keep aside.

How can you learn IoT?

First of all, you must have a better understanding of electronics. For gaining knowledge of electronics you can perform some base level activities like:

• Basic understanding of voltage, current, and resistance
• Fabricate a circuit from a circuit diagram
• Get a basic understanding of these components: resistor, capacitor, transistor, LED
• Get experience using the transistor as a switch
• Learn how to solder
• Build a circuit using IC
• Design a circuit board

Once you get used to all these terms and are familiar with how they work, you can jump on to IoT. The best and the easiest way to start is to work on DIY project kits.

What you should use, Arduino or Raspberry Pi for IoT projects?

Now when you know how to start with, you should also know what technology or microcontroller be used for your projects. The most difficult question is whether to use Arduino or Raspberry Pi for developing IoT projects.

Arduino is a microcontroller board that is used for dedicated applications. These applications include actuating small devices like motors, sensors, lights, etc. Raspberry Pi, on the other hand, has HDMI port, and RAM. If you have some basic knowledge of coding, you can configure an OS on Raspberry Pi and use it as a media streaming device, running a web server, VPN, etc. 

An Arduino board is best for simple repetitive tasks like wirelessly opening and closing a garage door, reading sensors and reporting it to a cloud server, driving a simple robot, touch-based switches, etc.

While Raspberry Pi is used when you need a portable full-fledged computer. For building projects like driving a more complicated robot, performing multiple tasks, encrypting the data for storage, Image processing, Wireless security camera (For Home Surveillance System), Portable digital eBook library or creating voice automation-based projects (either using Alexa or Google Assistant), etc.

Hence to conclude, if you are into some Machine to Machine project, use Arduino and if your use involves a human interface then Raspberry Pi would serve the purpose.

How to build your first IoT project?

To begin with, you can follow these simple steps:

Did you know

Skyfi Labs helps students develop skills in a hands-on manner through Internet of Things Online Courses where you learn by building real-world projects.

You can enrol with friends and receive kits at your doorstep.

You can learn from experts, build working projects, showcase skills to the world and grab the best jobs.
Start Learning Internet of Things today!

1. Understand the process: Keep a clear picture as to what the final project would work. Be specific and stick to a single objective.
2. Have strong technical knowledge about all the components and instruments to be used in the project. Be it hardware or software you should know enough to work efficiently and troubleshoot as well.
3. Phase the project: Properly segregate the project into phases or levels. Keep level-wise objectives that give the motivation to develop the project.
4. Test often: Always cross-check or test the project at every level and compare the outcomes with the standards to nullify all the anomalies, if any.
5. Understand (or select) an IoT reference architecture: This step can be easily passed with the help of the DIY IoT project kits available at Skyfilabs.

For reference, you can check out the following DIY IoT project suggestions:

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Applications
• Arduino Architecture & Programming
• Bluetooth Communication

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Applications
• Arduino Architecture & Programming
• Calibration of Sensors
• Virtuino App development

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Applications
• Arduino Architecture & Programming
• Calibration of PIR Sensors
• Integration of cloud platform

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Applications
• Arduino Architecture & Programming
• Calibration of Flow Sensors

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Applications
• Arduino Architecture & Programming
• Interfacing & Calibrating sensors

Key learnings:

• IoT - Concepts & Application.
• Arduino Architecture & Programming.
• Calibration of Sensors.
• Virtuino App development

Key learnings:

• Image processing & its algorithms
• Splitting image channels
• Matplotlib
• Raspberry Pi architecture and Python programming

Hope you got some good information on the DIY IoT project kits that you can buy and get started in learning IoT technology.

Suppose, if you want to build great IoT based projects but you don’t have the necessary technical knowledge, don’t worry! These kits are easily available at Skyfi Labs with which you get a complete package of all the instruments and components required to make a project that will increase your knowledge. These are the ways how you can learn and implement IoT projects with the help of the DIY kits.

If you have any further queries, please feel free to drop them below as comments. Our team will get back to you.

Goodluck!

DIY IoT project kits for engineering students