Video Tutorial – Your First M2M Application

UPDATE: Unfortunately Deutsche Telekom M2M decided that they don’t want to support small developers and they took down my two tutorials. Original Post: In my first tutorial I showed you, how to set up your hard- and software. In my new tutorial I show you how easy it is to create your first M2M application. We have two parts. The …

How to get started with M2M DevStarter

UPDATE: Unfortunately Deutsche Telekom M2M decided that they don’t want to support small developers and they took down my two tutorials. Original Post: At work I created a step-by-step tutorial on how to get started with the DevStarter Arduino Developer Kit. I used this Developer Kit to realize my plant and LED matrix demo.

LED Matrix connected to the Internet

The M2M Developer Community offers an example of the web application for the DevStarter Arduino package. Here you can see your light sensor data as a graph. You can also create an operation which will be executed by the Arduino. To test this web application, a “DeviceControl” sketch is included in the Cumulocity Arduino library. The string you type in the web …

Helping our Office Plant with an Arduino (Part 2)

In part 1 I told you about the first try, to measure the soil moisture with two nails. However, until now, this isn’t a connected device. To bring my data into the cloud I used the Gboard, which is a Arduino based board with a GSM module. I used this, because it is cheaper, than a Arduino Uno with a GSM shield.