Exploring AWS IoT Core

Hello Digital Design Workshoppers,

We have had a long hiatus due to a few significant changes. First, we are no longer associated with Hackster.io. Since Hackster was bought by Avent they have discontinued sponsoring workshops as well as the regional ambassadors with free hardware. However this allows us the opportunity to change the group to a more specific focus on IoT, and specifically device to web/cloud integration, rather than just hacking electronics in general. I also plan to rename our meetup group to something more appropriate soon.

For this meetup I will be discussing how to interface Amazon Web Services with IoT devices, Specifically the AWS IoT Core services. This will be a small group lecture to determine interest in the topic for a bigger demonstration if feasible. This two hour lecture will cover how simple embedded devices like the ESP8266 and Raspberry Pi can send data to AWS core and then what kind of workflow is typical for IoT within the AWS Cloud (DynamoDB, S3, QuickSight etc.) with the data. The lecture roughly follows my course on Udemy which explores the topic more extensively with hands-on labs.

https://www.udemy.com/exploring-aws-iot

This will be a free lecture with limited space rather than our typical hands-on workshop due to time and space constraints. If it proves popular I will plan a bigger and longer, hands-on workshop. We are not affiliated with Amazon or Hackster.