Azure MXChip IoT DevKit State

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DevKit State

In this tutorial, you can monitor the MXChip IoT DevKit WiFi information and sensor states and control the color of the user LED using Azure IoT Hub device twins.

About IoT DevKit

The MXChip IoT DevKit (a.k.a. IoT DevKit) is an all-in-one Arduino compatible board with rich peripherals and sensors. You can develop for it using Azure IoT Tools. And it comes with a growing projects catalog to guide you prototype Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that take advantage of Microsoft Azure services.

What you need

Finish the Getting Started Guide to:

• Have your DevKit connected to Wi-Fi.
• Prepare the development environment.

An active Azure subscription. If you do not have one, you can register via one of these two methods:

• Activate a free 30-day trial Microsoft Azure account.
• Claim your Azure credit if you are MSDN or Visual Studio subscriber.

Open the project folder

Start VS Code

• Start Visual Studio Code.
• Make sure Azure IoT Tools is installed.
• Connect IoT DevKit to your PC.

Open Azure IoT Device Workbench Examples

Use F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P (macOS: Cmd+Shift+P) to open the command palette, type Azure IoT Device Workbench, and then select Open Examples....

Select IoT DevKit.

Then the IoT Device Workbench Example window is shown up.

Find DevKit State and click Open Sample button. A new VS Code window with a project folder in it opens.

A popup will show asking to restore packages. Click Restore to restore the NuGet packages for the Azure Functions app.

Provision Azure Services

In the solution window, open the command palette and select Azure IoT Device Workbench: Provision Azure Services....

Then VS Code guides you through provisioning the required Azure services.

The whole process includes:

• Select an existing IoT Hub or create a new IoT Hub.
• Select an existing IoT Hub device or create a new IoT Hub device.
• Create a new Function App.

Please take a note of the Function App name and IoT Hub device name you created. It will be used in the next section.

Modify code for Azure Functions

Open Functions\State.cs and modify the following line with the device name you provisioned in previous step:

static readonly string deviceName = "";

Deploy Azure Functions

Open the command palette and select IoT Device Workbench: Deploy to Azure....

Config IoT Hub Device Connection String

1. Switch the IoT DevKit into Configuration mode. To do so:

   • Hold down button A.
   • Push and release the Reset button.

2. The screen displays the DevKit ID and 'Configuration'.

   

3. Open the command palette and select Azure IoT Device Workbench: Configure Device Settings....

4. Select Config Device Connection string.

5. Then select Select IoT Hub Device Connection String.

   

6. Select Select IoT Hub Device Connection String.

   

   This sets the connection string that is retrieved from the Provision Azure service step.

7. Click OK on the popup to confirm the device is in Configuration mode.

   

8. The configuration success notification popup bottom right corner once it's done.

   

Build and upload the device code

1. Open the command palette and select IoT Device Workbench:Upload Device Code.

   

2. VS Code then starts verifying and uploading the code to your DevKit.

   

3. The IoT DevKit reboots and starts running the code.

Monitor DevKit State in Browser

1. Open <Path to project>\web\index.html in browser.
2. Input the Function App name you write down.
3. Click connect button.
4. You should see DevKit state in a few seconds.

Control DevKit User LED

1. Click User LED or RGB LED on the web page
2. You should see the state of the leds changed in few seconds