Smart homes and many other Internet of Things (IoT) applications are rapidly gaining popularity this year, thanks to the rise of technologies such as 5G. More and more products are being labeled as "smart", such as smart watches and TVs, which shows that people have transformed the word "smart" into a way of life.
Common smart home solutions include the device (thing), the cloud, and the application. Some solutions also involve big data and AI. Traditional IoT development emphasizes the sequence; that is, data must be processed sequentially on the device, cloud, and application. Today, based on the "Thing Specification Language (TSL)" of the Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform, the two ends of the IoT development can run in parallel, significantly saving labor and material costs.
It is obviously tempting to run in parallel, but can we go one step further and let all development be handled by one person? The answer is yes! With all the technologies we have at our disposal, we can now easily design and build a smart home by ourselves, similar to building a website. By using the Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform, we can complete a smart home solution with 30 lines of code.
Currently, many Internet developers have stopped at the gate of the IoT due to lack of embedded development capabilities, such as C/C++ language basics. With Embedded Javascript Tool provided by the Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform, device development can be carried out quickly using JavaScript, which seamlessly resolves the biggest problem facing these developers. For embedded developers who are unfamiliar with front-end and back-end development, Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform also provides the "Visual Building" application and other quick-start functions for application development with zero code, greatly reducing the learning required.
In this article, we will use the Embedded Javascript Tool and the Visual Building function of the Alibaba Cloud IoT Development Platform to quickly develop smart home systems that consist of lighting and temperature and humidity meters, with just 30 lines of code.
First, apply for an Alibaba Cloud account, then enable and log in to the one-stop development platform, IoT Studio.
Next, Choose Create Project (you can use any name you like) > Device Development > Add Product > Category. Select "Lighting" or "Temperature & Humidity Meter" as required, select Wi-Fi for the communication method, and select Alink for the data format.
Choose Device Development > Add Debugging Devices, and note the device trituples.
Open the embedded JavaScript online workbench (the development environment does not need to be built) and create a new project. Replace the index.js code:
var deviceShadow = require('deviceShadow');
var ledHandle = GPIO.open("led1");
deviceShadow.bindDevID({
"productKey": "123",
deviceName: "",
deviceSecret: ""
});
function main(err){
if(err){
console.log("failed to connect to the platform");
}else{
console.log("the main program started");
deviceShadow.addDevSetPropertyNotify("LightSwitch", function (lightStatus) {
GPIO.write(ledHandle, 1-lightStatus);
});
var mainLoop = setInterval(function () {
var ledStatus = GPIO.read(ledHandle);
deviceShadow.postProperty("LightSwitch", 1-ledStatus);
}, 2000);
}
}
deviceShadow.start(main);You can review Completing a Smart Home System with 30 Lines of JavaScript Code to get the following code.
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