IBM Watson IoT Platform: Sensor Reading

Build / Assembly

1. Connect the hardware
   
   
   
   96boards Sensor Mezzanine Board
   
   
   
   
   DragonBoard410c
   
   
   
   
   Digital Light Sensor and Cable
   
   1. Connect the Digital Light Sensor to the I2C port on the Sensors board
   2. Connect the monitor to the HDMI port
   3. Connect the mouse / keyboard to the USB port
   4. Mount the Sensor Mezzanine board onto the DragonBoard. It will look like a double-stack of boards like this:
   
   
   
   
   5. Connect the power supply (last)
   
   
2. Establish network connection
   
   

   After the device has booted up, establish a network connection:

   • Select the wireless icon in the lower right corner of the screen
   • Select the desired network
   • Provide network password (if required)
     
     
3. Start the demo app
   
   Click the DB410c-demo Icon on the desktop:
   
   
   
   This will start the demo application:
   
   
   
   Note the DeviceID shown on the application window, you will need it in the next step:
   
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   # DeviceID: <your DeviceID>
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4. View data in the DashBoard
   
   Click the IBM IoT Explore Icon on the desktop:
   (This will open a Web browser with the IBM Explore IoT site)
   
   
   
   Select your hardware platform: “DragonBoard 410c” and click Next
   
   
   
   Enter your DeviceID you noted during step 3
   
   
   
   Visualize the data on Dashboard