IoT Workshop
SDA-for-SDG Summer School 2026
May 28, 2026

Before the workshop

You need to bring your laptop and cellphone to the workshop.

If your laptop has only USB-C ports, you need to bring an USB-A to USB-C adapter.
During the workshop, you will use your cellphone as a hotspot to connect IoT devices. Ideally, you have the hotspot set up before the workshop. Click on the links if you need setup instructions for Android or IOS.

Download and install the Arduino IDE before you come to the workshop. Here is a link.

Lab Kit

The workshop uses a "Lab Kit" for the Lab exercises. Here is a description.

General Information

The workshop takes place in MY380 (3rd floor of Myhal building).
Below are PDF instructions for the labs and "mini-workshops".

Morning

Unit	Topic	Instructions
Bootcamp		Skip the bootcamp if you have (even limited) prior experience with breadboards and/or microcontrollers Slides: Breadboard circuits Intro to Arduino and RPI
Lab 0	Getting started	Instructions Files to download: Part 2: WifiClient.ino WifiClient.cpp WifiClient.h
Lab 1	Interfacing Sensors and Actuators	Instructions Files to download: Part 1: ext_led.ino Part 2: LCD.ino Part 3: DHT11.ino
Lab 2	Connecting IoT and Edge Devices with MQTT	Instructions Files to download: Part 2: publisher_DHT11.ino MqttClient.cpp MqttClient.h Part 3: subscriber_temperature.ino

Afternoon

The afternoon consist of "mini-workshops", each taking about 2 hours.
(If you did not complete the morning labs, you can complete them in the afternoon.)
Select 2 mini-workshops based on your interest.
The LoRa workshop requires you to work in a team.

Unit	Instructions
IoT with Amazon Cloud (AWS)	Slides Instructions Read slides, then follow instructions. Files to download: Exercise 3-1: lambda-1.py Exercise 4-1: lambda-2.py
IoT with Google Cloud	Instruction Files to download: Exercise 1-b: flaskexample.py Exercise 1-c: flaskserver.py Exercise 2-b: flaskserver-fb.py Part 3: DHT11_cloud.ino
Lora Communication with Adafruit Feathers	Slides Instructions Pick up an Adafruit Feather board (we have 17) Work with a partner (who also has a board) Read slides, then follow instructions.
Power Profiling of IoT Devices	Slides Instructions Pick up a PPK2 Power Profiler (we have 15). You have to install nRF Connect for Desktop from here . Since the downloaded software is quite large (200-400MB), try to install it in advance. Read slides, then follow instructions. Files to download: Part 2: SimpleHTTP.ino Part 3: ext_led2.ino
Getting a Grip on Docker	Slides Instructions Read slides, then follow instructions. The workshop requires you to install Docker Desktop on your laptop, which you can download from here . The download is around 600 MB. Try to install it in advance. Windows users:Docker on Windows systems requires that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) be installed. See Instructions (Part1) for installation details.

Extras: