IoT basics and programming - for starters

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Hello all,

I’m a bit confused with how IoT works, and how to create an app that can upload to a website so data can be shared. Can anyone point me in the right direction(s)?

Thanks,
Tim

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Hi Tim, there are many samples on the web. But it depends, what you want to do.
After trying a lot, I have now devices which are controlled by a gateway.
It also depends on how deep you want to dive into IOT ( KNX, Modbus, ZigBee, WLAN…) and how you want to control it ( ARM devices - Pi and friends,…- .

Some of them support REST API and the devices in my house provide a api.

Some sources:
OpenHab ( JAVA,…)
FHEM ( Perl,…)
GardenPi

ModBus

Samsung developer …
Phillips HUE

HTH

BR Rainer

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Here are the links to HUE and Samsung

Samsung developer … https://community.smartthings.com/
Phillips HUE https://developers.meethue.com/develop/get-started-2/

HTH
Rainer