Lego Smart Cities

[sckam]

Dear Lego Experts,

I am looking to build a Smart Cities using Lego bricks.

The finishing result will be something like this:

https://vimeo.com/166389668

The Smart Cities will be show case the power full of Internet of Things (IoT) using various type of sensors, solar panel, controller such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

Any one have done anything similar to this application before ?

Can share your experience ?

Thanks in advance.

[Capn Frank]

I have removed your duplicate topics in the Special Themes Forum and Technic Forum. Please do not create duplicate topics in multiple forums. There should only be one conversation for this topic, not multiples.

[dr_spock]

There are a few topics over in the Train forum on using Arduino, Raspberry Pi and ESP8266 to control layouts, trains, lights, switches, etc.

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=121844

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=106505

http://http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=110202

[gotoAndLego]

Well that Buddy video provided almost no information...except that the team has been busy at the show.

[Dakar A]

Well that Buddy video provided almost no information...except that the team has been busy at the show.

This is the link you are looking for!

https://vimeo.com/167180679

[MajorAlvega]

The Smart Cities will be show case the power full of Internet of Things (IoT) using various type of sensors, solar panel, controller such as Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

Any one have done anything similar to this application before ?

Can share your experience ?

Not at *that* level but it might interest you since you refer the Pi and the Arduino.

I've been testing a light protocol, MQTT, to create a mesh of devices: my laptop, a couple of Mindstorms EV3, a couple of Raspberry Pi's, an Arduino-like (NodeMCU) and my Android phone.

I made a very simple tutorial for the ev3dev site:

http://www.ev3dev.org/docs/tutorials/sending-and-receiving-messages-with-mqtt/

One advantage I see of using MQTT is using Node-Red on a laptop or a Pi to "coordinate" everything very easily.

[sckam]

Hello Knight and

This is the link you are looking for!

https://vimeo.com/167180679

Thanks Dakar.

Yes, I have quoted the wrong video early.

Not at *that* level but it might interest you since you refer the Pi and the Arduino.

I've been testing a light protocol, MQTT, to create a mesh of devices: my laptop, a couple of Mindstorms EV3, a couple of Raspberry Pi's, an Arduino-like (NodeMCU) and my Android phone.

I made a very simple tutorial for the ev3dev site:

http://www.ev3dev.or...ages-with-mqtt/

One advantage I see of using MQTT is using Node-Red on a laptop or a Pi to "coordinate" everything very easily.

Hello Major,

Thanks for the useful advice, will be looking into MQTT and NodeMCU, soon.

Edited June 1, 2016 by sckam