Real-World IoT: Sensors and Actuators

Power Considerations for IoT Devices

Signal Conditioning and Transducers

Analog-to-Digital Conversion Basics

GPIO Pins: Digital and Analog I/O

Key Embedded Hardware Components

Popular Embedded Platforms

Microcontrollers vs Microprocessors

What Embedded Hardware Is

Sensor-to-Actuator Feedback Loop

Common Actuator Types in IoT

What an Actuator Is in IoT

Analog vs Digital Sensors

Common Sensor Types in IoT

What a Sensor Is in IoT

ADC Basics

IoT Power and Voltage

Basic Embedded Components

GPIO Pins Role

Popular Embedded Platforms

Microcontroller vs Microprocessor

Analog vs Digital Signals

Sensors and Actuators in IoT

What Is a Microcontroller

Common Actuator Types

Common Sensor Types

Sensors vs Actuators

What a Sensor Does

What an Actuator Does

What Is a Transducer?

Power Sources for Embedded Devices

Building Blocks of an IoT Device

Common Sensor Types

Purpose of an ADC

GPIO Pins

What Is an Actuator?

Microcontroller vs Microprocessor

What Is an Embedded System?

Microcontroller Basics

Popular Development Boards

What Is a Sensor?

Analog vs Digital Signals

Common Actuator Types

Sensors vs Actuators