TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON ‘Introduction to Architecting of Smart IOT Device’
A two-day Workshop on Introduction to Architecting of Smart IOT Device was organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering on 14th and 15th of December, 2022, at Seminar Hall – 4, from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm on both days. It was presided over by Principal Dr. P. Mahabaleswarappa and Vice Principal Dr. M. Brindha. Dr. T. Rajesh, Technical Lead Engineer, IEP Solutions, Bengaluru, was the Resource Person for this Workshop. The welcome address and Inaugural speech was given by the Principal Dr. P. Mahabaleswarappa.
In the Day 1 session, Dr. T. Rajesh introduced the key concepts on Introduction of IOT technology and ESP32, followed by the application of Internet of Things.
On the second day, Dr. Rajesh explained about the key concepts of IOT using ESP8266, and simulation and implementation using MATLAB. Basic algorithms were also covered during this session. Both the sessions included sensors and actuators resources also, to elucidate the key concepts, better.
Session 1: Introduction of Workshop on IOT
This Workshop provided practical foundation and training that enables immediate and effective participation of students, in IoT and its related projects. The students showed keen interest in the Workshop and have gained hands-on experience in the topic, Internet of Things.
Session 2: Introduction to BLYNK IOT
In this session, the Trainer showed how to make IoT-based Smart Home Automation using Blynk and ESP32, to control an 8-channel relay module from the manual switch and smartphone, using the Blynk App. If the internet is not available, then we can control the home appliances from manual switches.
Session 3: Workshop Interfacing Sensors and Actuators
In this session, Dr. Rajesh demonstrated how one can develop a simple IoT system using Arduino and Blynk App. Through the demonstration, he explained how one can write a code in Arduino and can create the required GUI on Blynk App.
Session 4: Workshop Arduino programming, using MATLAB
Arduino programming is supposed to be fun, but it can become frustrating and time consuming for tasks such as visualizing sensor data or incorporating signal processing, machine learning, controls, or advanced math into student projects. MATLAB and Simulink address several challenges with traditional Arduino programming. The MATLAB support two primary workflows: i) Read, write, and analyze data from Arduino sensors ii) Develop algorithms that run standalone on the Arduino device.
Overall, this Workshop was a good learning experience for the 75 students and 10 faculty members who participaated. They got the opportunity to familiarize themselves with IoT using ESP32 and Arduino, while also being fortunate to be able to interact with one of the best resource persons.
At the end of the Workshop, several doubts put forth by the students were cleared by the Resource Person. It was obvious that the students had developed immense interest in the applications. The session was worthy and taught a lot of things. Thus, this two-day session on the Introduction to Architecting of Smart IOT Device helped the participants to gain a lot of knowledge in this field.
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