NodeRed And Raspberry Pi Pico W Getting Started

Published 11/2023
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What you’ll learn

Node-RED in IoT and event-driven systems.

Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine as a Node-RED host.

Node-RED using Docker.

Docker persistence volumes.

Raspberry Pi Pico and MicroPython.

Using MQTT to enable communications between Node-RED and Raspberry Pi Pico W.

Node-RED security options.

Understanding the Node-RED editor, nodes, flows, creating and deploying.

Node-RED dashboard and widgets.

MQTT installation, testing, authentication.

Node-RED with external services and APIs: RESTful APIs, OpenWeatherMap, Google Sheet.

Node-RED with mySQL.

Requirements

Basic understanding of microcontrontollers.

Knowing how to wire a simple circuit on a breadboard.

Beginner-level experience with a programming language like Python, Javascript or C++ (all code in the course is explained in detail).

Description

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 01.010 – What is this course about?

Lecture 2 01.015 – Course code repository

Lecture 3 01.020 – Hardware

Lecture 4 01.030 – Software

Section 2: Introduction to Node-RED

Lecture 5 02.000 – Introduction to this section

Lecture 6 02.010 – What is Node-RED?

Lecture 7 02.030 – Communication in Node-RED

Lecture 8 02.040 – Node-RED installation options

Section 3: Setup Node-RED with Docker

Lecture 9 02.050 – Setup Node-RED using Docker

Lecture 10 02.060 – Hardware Options and Considerations for Docker

Lecture 11 02.070 – Create an Ubuntu virtual machine

Lecture 12 02.080 – Install Docker on the server

Lecture 13 02.090 – Install Node-RED using Docker

Lecture 14 02.100 – Test your new Node-RED server

Lecture 16 02.120 – Setup Node-RED for data persistence

Lecture 17 02.130 – Node-RED maintenance

Lecture 18 02.140 – Security: https

Lecture 19 02.150 – Security: authentication

Lecture 20 02.160 – Security: read-only users and default user

Section 4: Node-RED basics

Lecture 21 02.170 – Introduction to this section

Lecture 22 02.180 – The Node-RED editor

Lecture 23 02.190 – Nodes

Lecture 24 02.200 – Creating and deploying flows

Lecture 25 02.210 – Best Practices for Working with Flows

Lecture 26 02.220 – The "debug" node

Lecture 27 02.230 – The "function" node

Lecture 28 02.250 – The "complete" node

Lecture 29 02.260 – The "delay" node

Lecture 30 02.270 – The "trigger" node

Lecture 31 02.280 – Node-RED settings and configuration

Lecture 32 02.290 – Node-RED documentation and resources

Section 5: Node-RED dashboard

Lecture 33 02.300 – Introduction to this section

Lecture 34 02.310 – Text input and output

Lecture 35 02.330 – The gauge and slider

Lecture 36 02.340 – The switch

Lecture 37 02.350 – The dropdown

Lecture 38 02.360 – The form

Lecture 39 02.370 – The UI template

Section 6: Node-RED and MQTT

Lecture 40 02.380 – Introduction to this section

Lecture 41 02.390 – Installing MQTT Mosquitto on Ubuntu Server

Lecture 42 02.400 – Test the MQTT service on the command line

Lecture 43 02.410 – Authenticated sub and pub

Lecture 44 02.420 – Test MQTT in Node-RED

Lecture 45 02.430 – MQTT with Raspberry Pi Pico W

Lecture 46 02.440 – MQTT pub example

Lecture 47 02.450 – MQTT sub example

Lecture 48 02.460 – Node-RED with RPi Pico W MQTT tests

Section 7: Node-RED & Raspberry Pi Pico W – warming up experiments

Lecture 49 03.010 – Introduction to this section

Lecture 50 03.015 – Setup Thonny and Micropython for your Raspberry Pi Pico W

Lecture 51 03.020 – Frequently used patterns

Lecture 52 03.030 – Pattern 1: WiFi

Lecture 53 03.040 – Pattern 2: MQTT sub and pub

Lecture 54 03.050 – Pattern 3: Node-RED

Lecture 55 03.070 – Gauge and potentiometer

Lecture 56 03.080 – Button

Lecture 57 03.090 – Sample button with interrupts

Lecture 58 03.100 – LED control

Lecture 59 03.110 – LED control without polling (uses interrupt)

Lecture 60 03.120 – LED and button

Section 8: Inputs and outputs

Lecture 61 03.130 – Section introduction

Lecture 62 03.140 – Slide switch basics

Lecture 63 03.141 – Slide switch with Node-RED

Lecture 64 03.150 – Joystick basics

Lecture 65 03.151 – Joystick with Node-RED

Lecture 66 03.160 – Relay basics

Lecture 67 03.161 – Relay control with Node-RED

Lecture 68 03.170 – RFID basics

Lecture 69 03.171 – RFID with Node-RED

Lecture 70 03.180 – IR receiver and transmitter basics

Lecture 71 03.181 – IR receiver and transmitter with Node-RED

Section 9: Displays and LEDs

Lecture 72 03.190 – Introduction

Lecture 73 03.200 – I2C LCD basics

Lecture 74 03.201 – I2C LCD with Node-RED

Lecture 75 03.210 – 595 shift register Basics

Lecture 76 03.211 – 595 shift register Node-RED

Lecture 77 03.220 – WS2812 Strip RGB LED strip basics

Lecture 78 03.221 – WS2812 Strip RGB LED strip with Node-RED

Section 10: Motors

Lecture 79 03.230 – Introduction

Lecture 80 03.240 – Servo motor basics

Lecture 81 03.241 – Servo motor with Node-RED

Lecture 82 03.250 – DC motor basics

Lecture 83 03.251 – DC motor with Node-RED

Section 11: Sensors

Lecture 84 03.255 – Introduction

Lecture 85 03.257 – Temperature with DHT11 basics

Lecture 86 03.258 – Temperature with DHT11 with Node-RED

Lecture 87 03.260 – HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor basics

Lecture 88 03.261 – HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor with Node-RED

Lecture 89 03.270 – Motion sensor basics

Lecture 90 03.271 – Motion sensor with Node-RED

Lecture 91 03.280 – Water level sensor basics

Lecture 92 03.281 – Water level sensor with Node-RED

Lecture 93 03.290 – Thermistor basics

Lecture 94 03.300 – Analog light sensor basics

Section 12: More Node-RED nodes and features

Lecture 95 04.020 – Section introduction

Lecture 96 04.030 – The "catch" node

Lecture 97 04.040 – The "link out" and "link in" nodes

Lecture 98 04.050 – The "range" node

Lecture 99 04.060 – Node groups

Lecture 100 04.070 – The "switch" node

Lecture 101 04.080 – The JSON node

Lecture 102 04.090 – Credentials

Lecture 103 04.100 – The "RBE" (Report by Exception) node

Lecture 106 04.130 – Conditional and iteration nodes

Section 13: Node-RED integration with external services and APIs

Lecture 107 04.140 – Section introduction

Lecture 108 04.150 – Using RESTful APIs and web services

Lecture 109 04.160 – Get weather information from OpenWeatherMap.org

Lecture 110 04.170 – Datalogging to a Google Sheet

Lecture 111 04.180 – Reading data from a Google Sheet

Lecture 112 04.190a – Working with mySQL, introduction and demo

Lecture 113 04.190b – Working with mySQL, how to remove mySQL

Lecture 114 04.190c – Working with mySQL, setup mySQL on Ubuntu

Lecture 115 04.190d – Working with mySQL and Node-RED

Anyone interested in using Node-RED for personal or industry projects.,Anyone interested in the Raspberry Pi Pico W and how to use it with motors, sensors, LEDs, relays and other hardware.,Anyone interested in combining Node-RED with the Raspberry Pi Pico W to build home automation or industrial automation projects.,Learners interested in flow programming as an alternative to traditional text programming.,Anyone interested in using Node-RED with cloud RESTful APIs and databases