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Internet of Things Project
  • IoT Project Background
  • IoT Project Challenge
  • IoT Project Outline
    • 1-1 Smartphone Research
    • 1-2 Smart Thermostat Research
    • 1-3 Smart Device Research
    • 1-4 Introduction to Photon Kit
    • 1-5 Build Smart Lightbulb
    • 1-6 Generate Project Ideas
    • 1-7 Build Smart Thermostat
    • 2-1 Evaluate Project Ideas
    • 2-2 Plan User Research
    • 2-3 Compile Research Data
    • 2-4 Construct Personas
    • 2-5 Construct Journey Map
    • 2-6 Define Value Proposition
    • 2-7 Define Design Requirements
    • 3-1 Generate Solution Ideas
    • 3-2 Evaluate and Refine Solution Ideas
    • 3-3 Create System Model of Solution
    • 3-4 Create Wireflow for Web App
    • 3-5 Create Storyboard for Solution
    • 3-6 Evaluate Solution Design
    • 3-7 Present Project Proposal
    • 4-1 Track Progress and Issues
    • 4-2 Build Smart Device
    • 4-3 Create Photon App
    • 4-4 Create Web App
    • 4-5 Conduct Integration Testing
    • 4-6 Create Product Demo Video
    • 4-7 Create Product Marketing Website
    • 5-1 Evaluate Smart Device and Web App
    • 5-2 Evaluate Product Marketing Website
    • 5-3 Improve Solution Based on Evaluations
    • 6-1 Create Project Poster
    • 6-2 Present Project to Public
    • 6-3 Write Personal Reflection
  • References for Wiring & Coding
    • Creating Circuits
    • Wiring Programming Language
    • Particle Cloud
    • Hello World App for Photon
    • LED Light
    • Push Button
    • Micro OLED Display
    • Humidity and Temp Sensor
    • Speaker
    • Servo Motor
    • Motion Sensor
    • Magnetic Switch
    • Potentiometer
    • Photocell
    • Moisture Sensor
    • Accelerometer
    • RFID Reader
    • Fingerprint Scanner
    • GPS Receiver
    • Camera
    • Microphone
    • Force Sensitive Resistor
    • Keypad
    • Continuous Rotation Servo Motor
  • Glossary
  • Updated Project Guidebook
  • Updated Code Guidebok
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IoT Project Challenge

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Last updated 5 years ago

UPDATE AVAILABLE: This project guidebook has been replaced with a . This older version will no longer be available after August 1, 2019.

How could we improve our school by creating smart devices?

Design and build a smart device that could improve or benefit your school. Your goal is to provide a useful and innovative solution to a problem affecting the school community or school environment.

Each team will build and program a smart device using an that has a with Wi-Fi capability, as well as various inputs and outputs that can be connected. Each team will also design and program a web app (for phone, tablet, or desktop) that interacts with the smart device. In addition, each team will create a product marketing website for their smart device.

At the end of the semester, all teams will demonstrate and explain their smart devices at a public poster presentation.

Design Criteria

  • Useful: Smart device and web app should provide value by solving a problem, fulfilling a need, or improving an existing situation in the school.

  • Usable: Smart device and web app should be easy to understand and interact with.

  • Feasible: Smart device should be possible to prototype and could become a real product.

  • Innovative: Smart device should be unique or different from existing products or solutions.

Development Constraints

  • Smart device built using

  • Smart device Photon app coded using programming language

  • Smart device web app coded using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Smart device prototype may have to be smaller-scale model of actual product installation and/or may have to simulate certain parts

Team Member Roles

  • Product Design Lead: leads interaction design and evaluation of product

  • Product Development Lead: leads building and programming of product

  • Product Marketing Lead: leads research and marketing for product

  • Product Manager: manages team to ensure work results in quality product

Teams of 2 need to have a Design Lead and a Development Lead. Each person can also assume one of the other two roles.

Teams of 3 need to have a Design Lead, a Development Lead, and a Marketing Lead. One person can also assume the role of Project Manager.

Teams of 4 need all four roles.

Final Team Deliverables

  • Smart Device with Photon app that is a functional prototype

  • Web App that interacts with smart device by sending and/or receiving data through Internet

  • Product Marketing Website for the solution, which includes a product demo video

  • Poster Presentation to demonstrate solution and explain how it was designed, built, and tested

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IoT electronics kit
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