Learn the process of collecting IoT data with Azure

Question

May someone please guide me to tutorials about learning Azure IoT and finding accelerometer sensors that are compatible with Azure?

I am currently a PhD student at Western University of Ontario, and I have successfully built an IoT sensor using Arduino code, PHP code, and a MySQL database.

I would like to learn Azure and see how the process is done using Azure.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello @Micheal Sakr,

it seems you are able to send telemetry to a website using PHP and MySQL. It's not clear to me if the backend is put in the cloud.

Microsoft offers an IoT solution based on PaaS components.

The IoT Hub is the central gateway for IoT Devices to connect with (in a secure way with device-specific credentials), and to send telemetry to. It even supports several ways to send commands to individual devices.

There are several individual training modules available on MS Learn. A complete training path is available for the official AZ220 exam.

Please check all the modules. You will be most interested in the IoT Hub configuration first and device credentials registration.

After that, you want to connect your devices to the IoT Hub using those credentials.

If you are able to use one of the available device SDKs (eg. C, C#, Javascript, python or one of the embedded ones) connecting will be easy.

As an alternative, you could connect using MQTT only but this is not recommended in most cases.

Once data is ingested, you can start providing insights to your users by adding logic and storage, and dashboards (like a custom website or PowerBI or Grafana(Please also check Managed Grafana)).

Azure Digital Twins is a separate solution and can offer an alternative dashboard. It provides a real-time graph of sensors and their relations with other digital twins like vehicles, buildings, etc. Please invest some time and build up some expertise about Azure Cloud and Azure IoT first before diving into Azure Digital Twins.

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Answer 2

Some other resources for you to use:

• IoT Hub documentation including quickstarts and tutorials for various devices and programming languages: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-hub/iot-concepts-and-iot-hub
• Lots of detail about developing IoT devices with various hardware and languages: https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/iot-develop/about-iot-develop
• There's a collection of free self-paced training modules:
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/create-azure-iot-services-azure-portal/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-iot-device-communication-by-using-azure-iot-sdks/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/provision-iot-devices-scale-use-device/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/implement-device-message-processing-data-analytics/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/develop-data-insights-business-integrations/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/deploy-azure-iot-edge-devices-modules/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/develop-deploy-custom-iot-edge-modules/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/use-iot-hub-apps-manage-iot-devices/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/monitor-troubleshoot-iot-solution-by-using-azure-monitor/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/enhance-iot-solution-security-by-using-azure-defender/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/extend-iot-solutions-by-using-azure-digital-twins/
  • https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/build-low-touch-iot-solutions-by-using-azure-iot-central/

Answer 3

Hello Micheal Sakr,

We haven't heard back from you whether the above suggestions from Sander and Dom helped or not.

In addition to the great resources which shared above, also see below useful information and let us know if you have any further queries.

To learn Azure IoT, you can start with the Azure IoT Fundamentals documentation, which provides an overview of the technologies and services you can use to build an Azure IoT solution.

You can find the more information here: What Azure technologies and services can you use to create IoT solutions?

To find accelerometer sensors that are compatible with Azure, you can start by checking the Azure Certified for IoT device catalog, which lists devices that have been tested and certified to work with Azure IoT services.

You can find the device catalog here: Azure Certified Device catalog

You can also check the Azure IoT device selection guide, which provides guidance on choosing a hardware device for prototyping Azure IoT solutions. You can find the guide here: IoT device selection list

In addition, you can try one of the quickstart for Azure IoT Central, which provides a hands-on experience for building an Azure IoT solution.

I hope this information helps you get started with learning Azure IoT and finding accelerometer sensors that are compatible with Azure. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

If you need further help in this matter, please comment in the below section and we are happy to discuss!

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