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Are the lights on?

It's a pretty common question, and all the solution takes is an Edison, AWS, wire and photoresistors.

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Are the lights on?

Things used in this project

Hardware components

USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
USB-A to Micro-USB Cable
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Intel Edison with Mini-Breakout Board
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Adafruit Wire - Black
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Adafruit Wire - Red
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Adafruit USB Battery Pack 5V 1A
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Pocket Solder- 60/40 Rosin Core 0.031" diameter
Pocket Solder- 60/40 Rosin Core 0.031" diameter
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Adafruit Perforated Board
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Female Header 20 Position 2 Row (0.1")
Female Header 20 Position 2 Row (0.1")
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Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
Male Header 40 Position 1 Row (0.1")
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Photo resistor
Photo resistor
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Software apps and online services

AWS IAM
Amazon Web Services AWS IAM
AWS IoT
Amazon Web Services AWS IoT
Putty
Intel XDK IoT Edition

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Schematics

Simplified Setup Example

Fritzing source

N.B. The pins on the Edison object are partially labled incorrectly. I have it hoocked up as it should be on an actual Edison. The power will say it is in 3.3 but I have checked the docs and it is actually 1.8 on the board.

Code

main.js

JavaScript
"use strict";
//in mraa the equivalent of Arduino pin one/linux 130 is 26, you'll have to calculate any others try http://iotdk.intel.com/docs/master/mraa/edison.html
//node.js deps
// inherits
// mqtt
// minimist

//npm deps
// aws-iot-device-sdk

//use mraa
var mraa = require('mraa'); //require mraa

var myDigitalPin1 = new mraa.Gpio(26); //setup digital read on Digital pin 
myDigitalPin1.dir(mraa.DIR_IN); //set the gpio direction to input

periodicActivity(); //call the periodicActivity function

function periodicActivity()
{
  var myDigitalValue =  myDigitalPin1.read(); //read the digital value of the pin
  if(myDigitalValue == 1)
  {
      //trigger alarm
      send_state(); //send state to aws only if system is triggered to reduce message usage
  }
  setTimeout(periodicActivity,100); //call the indicated function after .1 second (100 milliseconds)
}
//app deps
var thingShadow = require('aws-iot-device-sdk/thing');  


//Define your device name
var Device_Name = 'mySystem1'; //unique device ID


//define AWS certificate path paramenters
var args = {
	privateKey:'/home/root/aws_certs/privateKey.pem',
	clientCert:'/home/root/aws_certs/cert.pem',
	caCert:'/home/root/aws_certs/aws-iot-rootCA.crt',
	clientId:'lightsOn1',
	region:'us-east-1',
	reconnectPeriod:'10'
};


//create global state variable

var reported_state={ systemState: false};

//launch sample app function 

update_state(args);

function update_state(args) {

//create a things Shadows object

var thingShadows = thingShadow({
  keyPath: args.privateKey,
  certPath: args.clientCert,
  caPath: args.caCert,
  clientId: args.clientId,
  region: args.region,
  reconnectPeriod: args.reconnectPeriod,
});

//When Thing Shadows connects to AWS server:


thingShadows
  .on('connect', function() {
    console.log('registering device: '+ Device_Name);

    //register device
    //register device
    thingShadows.register(Device_Name);
    });


// motitor for events in the stream and print to console:

thingShadows 
  .on('close', function() {
    console.log('close');
  });
thingShadows 
  .on('reconnect', function() {
    console.log('reconnect');
  });
thingShadows 
  .on('offline', function() {
    console.log('offline');
  });
thingShadows
  .on('error', function(error) {
    console.log('error', error);
  });
thingShadows
  .on('message', function(topic, payload) {
    console.log('message', topic, payload.toString());
  });

}



//define function for updating thing state:

  function send_state(){


      //define the payload with sensor values

      reported_state = myDigitalPin1.read();
      
      //create state update payload JSON:
      device_state={state: { reported: reported_state }};

      //send update payload to aws:
      thingShadows.update(Device_Name, device_state );

  }

package.json

JSON
{
  "name": "myLightMonitor",
  "description": "Code to run a light monitor. Build tutorial available on Hackster.io.",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "main.js",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=0.10.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
      "aws-iot-device-sdk" : "^1.0.9"
  }
}

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