IOT KITS

A lot is being said about the Internet of Things and its influence on our day to day lives. IoT is a huge network comprising of devices connected to each other and the internet, so that they can share data among themselves. This data can then be processed and analyzed to derive the desired insights. It won’t be an exaggeration if we say that data is the new oil because the reliance of industries on data for business needs is inevitable.
The various types of IoT platform analytics are descriptive analytics, predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics.
IOT can be used in your home, transport, healthcare, wearables, smart cities, agriculture, industrial automation, etc.

The major components of IoT are ;
▪ sensors/devices
▪ connectivity
▪ data processing
▪ user interface

Keeping these components in mind the development kits for IoT are designed.

The items in the IoT kit include sensors, breadboards, expansion boards, actuators, jumper wires, batteries, power supplies, LEDs, resistors, modules, switches, push-button, ethernet shield, etc.

Some of the available IoT kits are described below.
IoT Starter Kit w/ Adafruit Feather HUZZAH by Microsoft Azure
This kit includes Adafruit feather HUZZAH which is already soldered. It contains an ESP8266 WiFi microcontroller consisting of a full wifi stack and a Tensilica chip.

The above-mentioned kit consists of ;

1x Assembled Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 WiFi
1x Micro Servo
1x PIR (motion) Sensor
1x USB Cable – A/Micro B
1x Fast Vibration Switch
1x Magnetic Contact Switch (door sensor)
1x Half-sized Breadboard
1x Premium Male/Male Jumper Wires – 40 x 6″
1x Magnetic Contact Switch (door sensor)
1x DHT22 temperature-humidity Sensor + Extras
3x 12mm Tactile Switches
1x Breadboard Trim Potentiometer 10K
1x Diffused 10mm Green LED
1x Diffused 10mm Red LED
5x 10K 5% 1/4W Resistor
5x 560 Ohm 5% 1/4W Resistor
1x Piezo Buzzer
1x Photo Cell Light Sensor
1x Diffused RGB (tri-color) LED
1x Breadboard-friendly SPDT Slide Switch

Internet of Things ESP8266 Wifi IOT/MQTT kit

You can develop various IoT projects with this kit. It is helpful for the purpose of learning programming as this starter kit includes codes & tutorials.
The kit comprises of ;
1 x ESP8266 WIFI NodeMCU board
1 x USB Cable
1 x I2C LCD Display
1 x DHT11 Temperature and Humidity sensor
1 x Tilt sensor
6 x 5mm RED LED
6 x 5mm White LED
6 x 5mm Yellow LED
6 x 5mm Green LED
5 x Push Buttons
5 x Push Button caps
20 x 220 ohm Resistor
20 x 10kohm Resistor
20 x 1kohm Resistor
5 x 1Mohm Resistor
1 x Infrared receiver
3 x Photoresistor
1 x Buzzer
3 x Potentiometer
1 x 4 LED module
1 x Stepper Motor
1 x Stepper Motor driver Module
1 x Servo Motor
1 x Infrared Remote Controller
1 x Soilderless Prototype Breadboard
1 x Battery Holder Box
40 x Jumper wires (M-M)
10 x Jumper wires(F- F )
Plastic box
CD/DVD

Starter Kit for Arduino UNO R3

This kit includes plenty of components that can be employed in your different IoT projects.
The kit comprises of ;

1x Arduino UNO R3 Board
1X Rotary Encoder Module
1x DC Motor
1x L9110 motor driver
1x LCD1602
1x I2C Interface Module
1X Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
1x 7-Segment Display
1x NE555 Chip
1x Passive Buzzer
1x Active buzzer
2x Photoresistance
2X Thermistor
2x Tilt Switch
2x Switch
1x RGB LED
4x Red LED
4x Green LED
4x Yellow LED
4x Blue LED
16x Resistor(220O)
10x Resistor(1 kO)
10x Resistor(10 kO)
5x Capacitor(104)
2x Capacitor(10uF)
4x Button(large)
8x Button(small)
1x Button cap(red)
1x Button cap(white)
2x Button cap(blue)
2x NPN Transistor(8050)
2x PNP Transistor(8550)
2x Potentiometer(10KO)
1x 9V Battery Holder 1x Breadboard
1x USB Cable
40x Male to Male Jumper Wires
20x Male to Female Jumper Wires
1x 4-Pin Wires
1x 5-Pin Wires
1x Band Resistor Card
1x Project Box

These are some of the kits that are available in the market. These kits are described here just to give you an idea about what IoT kit actually is. However don’t assume the above-mentioned kits as the best, because many more such kits are available and which kit is better for you depends on the project you are about to build. So as per the needs of your project choose the appropriate one from the available pool of kits.