I want to create an Iot-project where I am gonna have to create a watering system. I am going to use Riot-OS on an ESP32 or ESP8266 that will interact with a water pump, n-mosfet, power supply and a humidity sensor. At the same time I will have a Linux webserver running accepting the data from this controller.
Until my hardware arrives I want to test the code using iot-lab. However, I do not know what nodes I have to use and why. How do I choose the correct ones? Do I also need an .elf file for the sensor, like in this tutorial https://www.iot-lab.info/earn/ is being used for the lamp ?
Also, regarding if I use the ssh keygen command and then the copy paste and the connect to the experiment is the only thing that I need to do in order to run my code properly??
Is there a good tutorial that explains those things because I did not find any ?
If you are going to use IoT lab, you only can use the
Pycom FiPy.Just follow the getting started guide. That should do the job.
make flashis generating the elf and flashs it. I recommend the targetnativefor development.BOARD=native make flash termin order to also see the serial output. It has a proper IP stack (when configured withtapsetup) and works well enough for development. At least for the networking part. When you need to interact with the hardware, you have to use the actual hardware, of course. IoTLab is only useful, if you have big routing simulations etc. IoTLab also doesn't have the water pump etc. you need.Checkout the RIOT OS examples.
gnrc networkingandsaulare interesting for you, I guess. You should also read the SAUL documentation.