ST4I – Stuff That Talks To The Interwebs

According to Intel, “The Internet of Things is exploding” – we prefer to call it Stuff That Talks To The Interwebs (ST4I) but whatever you call it there’s no denying that we are on the edge of something huge. There will be 15 billion smart devices online next year, and by 2020 that number will raise to 200 billion. Now is the time to get your skills up to speed to prepare for this exponential growth.

During the workshop

This brand new 2 day course covers all of the emerging platforms and services, and includes a workshop kit packed full of electronics worth over €200.

You’ll make hardware prototypes with hands-on examples using a variety of sensors, lights and displays. And the best part – each example is internet connected, either retrieving data from a web API, or connecting to a socket server for real-time instant communication.

This workshop will cover:

You’ll take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the most popular services and platforms available today. Including Xively, SparkFun data, IFTTT, Spark.io, Electric Imp and Raspberry Pi.

The hands-on exercises will have you building your very own ST4I projects right away, using the popular Arduino open-source electronics board with a wifi shield and a Node.js server. All examples you build in class are yours to keep. All the code and circuit layouts are provided and you can use these as a starting point for your future ST4I projects.

Who is it for

This workshop requires no previous knowledge of electronics, basic programming skills are useful, but not necessary as all the code examples are provided. You'll need to bring a laptop.

When and where is the workshop taking place?

On May 9th and 10th from 10am to 5pm in the offices of sipgate.