Motion Alert using Telit EVK4 & IBM Bluemix

Uses Telit TCP library & gyroscope to send data to a RESTful API on Bluemix, and trigger text alerts via Twilio whenever the EVK4 moves.

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Motion Alert using Telit EVK4 & IBM Bluemix

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Texas Instruments MSP-EXP432P401R SimpleLink MSP432 LaunchPad

Software apps and online services

IBM BlueMix

Twilio SMS Messaging API

Story

Using IBM Bluemix & Twilio & Onboard Sensors for Motion-Triggered Text Alerts

This example uses IBM Bluemix, Twilio API, Node-RED IDE, and the EVK4's onboard gyroscope to have a text message sent to your phone whenever your launchpad is moved. We also use the onboard sensors to measure temperature.

Set up IBM Bluemix

Create a free account at www.bluemix.net

Catalog > Boilerplates > Node-RED Starter

Name your app

Fill in your app name in the #define in the source code

Go to your application

Set up Twilio

Create free account at www.twilio.com

Get free phone number

Find Account SID and Authentication Token in Dashboard

Set up Node-RED editor

Import JSON file to the Node-RED editor (Import > Clipboard)

Twilio: Add new Twilio API ... (and fill in the Account SID, Authentication Token, and your Twilio Phone number from the previous step)

Fill in the "SMS To" with your receiving phone number

Make sure your Bluemix application is started and running before running this Energia sketch.

Node-RED Editor Nodes

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