Internet of Things(IoT) - It's always Fun to Learn and Create

Hey Guys, It has been a while writing  blogs, and I wanna give a fresh start again with some interesting open source tools, which can help you to access your IoT prototypes from anywhere securely using your very own custom domain name. This blog is inspired by Mozilla's IoT project which uses similar concept to securely access their Web Things gateways. Today I have come up with something interesting which you can try at your home to securely access your localhost servers through a custom domain name. Although you need to invest some pennies to buy your own domain name, most of the other stuffs are free to use in this project !! In this blog, what you will learn ? How to setup and run an EC2 server in AWS Installing NGINX and Pagekite in your EC2 server How to buy and manage your own custom domain name in Godaddy How to Create a wildcard DNS( to create multiple sub-domain ) Run a localhost client application in Raspberry pi( it can be any client device, i love ras...

Connect your first ever TP link smart bulb to web and start developing Web of Things(WoT) !! Hi Guys, Today, let’s come out of LEDs, resistors, breadboards, connecting wires, blahbalahblah and just start playing with a real world smart thing….Wondered?? I have chosen an LB 100 Smart Bulb from TP link for our development today and it should work with most of the models of TP link smart bulbs. Let’s go and Connect our first ever TP link bulb to web and start developing Web of Things (WoT). In this blog, what you can learn ? What is Web of Things(WoT)? URL and WoT How Web protocols and HTTP methods works with this smart bulb A simple user interface to turn ON and OFF your light-bulb and control its brightness from Web URL Recommended Reading: It is recommended to read the led control using web technologies for deeper understanding of HTTP methods and other Web concepts https://avenkat-iot.blogspot.com/2018/06/led-control-using-web-technologieshtml.html Assump...