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Raspberry Pi as a Platform for the Internet of Things Projects: Experiences and Lessons

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Stan Kurkovsky,

Chad WilliamsAuthors Info & Claims

ITiCSE '17: Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 64 - 69

https://doi.org/10.1145/3059009.3059028

Published: 28 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a new computing paradigm that may soon add a new dimension to the skillset expected from a well-rounded computing professional. Computer Science education is addressing these demands by adding IoT-centric courses to the curriculum and including relevant content into a broad range of existing courses. This paper presents the experience of incorporating IoT projects into an existing Systems Programming course. We examine several suitable hardware platforms, provide a sampling of student projects implemented using the Raspberry Pi with a variety of sensors, and discuss a number of lessons learned that could benefit other educators planning to incorporate the IoT material into their coursework.

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Raspberry Pi as a Platform for the Internet of Things Projects: Experiences and Lessons
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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