Build your own IoT weather dashboard

The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to unlock the real world the way that the internet unlocked millions of computers just a few decades ago. First released in 2012, the Raspberry Pi computer has taken the world by storm. Originally designed to give newer generations the same excitement to programming that personal computers from the 1980s did, the Raspberry Pi has gone on to be a staple of millions of makers everywhere.

A photo of our weather dashboard: a printed board with weather icons, with a central dial to indicate current weather

You can use IoT technology to build fun and useful projects. In Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of Internet of Things Programming Projects, Colin Dow shows you how to build an IoT weather dashboard: a wardrobe picker that chooses outfits based on weather data. It also includes an indicator that lets you know whether to pack an umbrella! You'll start by learning to extract live weather data from Yahoo! Weather with Python. You'll then see how to use a Raspberry Pi to control a servo motor. In Chapter 6, you'll finish by building the complete weather dashboard, pictured above.

Internet of Things Programming Projects

This book is a practical, project-based guide to help you build and control your IoT projects. Leverage the full potential of IoT with the combination of Raspberry Pi 3 and Python. Build complex, Python-based apps with IoT. Work on various IoT projects and understand the basics of electronics.

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