Internet of Things (IOT) with Raspberry Pi and Slack

The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, with ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human interaction.

A thing in the internet of things can be your house with a smart thermostat, a generator in a power-plant equipped with vibration monitoring sensors, autonomous cars with built-in sensors  and actuators to perform autonomous tasks.

IoT is spreading in all industries including utility providers, industrial plants, hospitals and buildings to improve their efficiency, reliability and cost of operation. The data collected from sensors are stored on cloud and used to improve services and to design better  systems.

This course is an introduction to IoT application in real world. Participants will learn fundamental of Raspberry Pi and Slack Environment. Students will use Slack communication channels to control raspberry pi GPIOs. Participants will design a Slack Bot to inquire room temperature and humidity from a DHT22 humidity sensor (connected to raspberry pi) and report it back to the user over Slack, on a  cellphone or remote computer. This course covers Raspberry Pi and Slack environment for building devices that can control the physical world.