MKR1000

Components

  • Arduino MKR1000

Setup Your Environment

New to the Arduino IDE? If you are completely unfamiliar with the Arduino IDE, watch this video here to give you a better understanding of how it works.

In the Arduino IDE:

  • Go to menu: Tools > Board > Boards Manager
  • Search for Arduino SAMD. When found, click Install

Select board and port

In the Arduino IDE:

  • Select the Arduino/Genuino MKR1000 board type by going to Tools > Board
  • Select the port that displays Arduino/Genuino MKR1000 If no name is displayed, you can find the port with the following steps:

Linux and Mac OS X

  • Download and install the FTDI drivers from here. Select the appropriate version for your operating system and architecture.
  • Open a terminal window and run the command ls /dev/tty*
  • Look for a device with the name that begins with /dev/tty e.g. /dev/tty.usbmodemPy343431 on MAC or /dev/ttyUSB0/dev/ttyACM0 on Linux

For Linux, you may need to run the two commands below. Once you've completed that, reboot your computer. This will add permissions that will allow you to upload a sketch to the board.

sudo usermod -a -G tty ${USER}sudo usermod -a -G dialout ${USER}

Windows

  • Download and install the FTDI drivers from here. Select the appropriate version for your operating system and architecture.
  • Open the Windows start menu and search for Device Manager
  • The COM port for the Pycom device will be listed as USB Serial Device or something similar
  • Keep note of the COM port (e.g. COM4)

Install the required libraries

To complete the tutorial, additional libraries of functionality are required, these can be installed through the Arduino IDE in the following way:

In the Arduino IDE:

  • Go to Sketch > Include Libraries > Manage Libraries

In the search bar, search for the below libraries. When found, click on the library and a button will appear in the bottom right of the box that will allow you to install the library.

  • WiFI101
  • ArduinoHttpClient
  • ArduinoJson

Create a new Sketch In the Arduino IDE:

  • Click on File > New to create a new Sketch
  • Copy and paste the publishEvent.ino or publishLocation.ino from the example code
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  • Add the ssid and password for your WiFI
  • Add the device_secret_key with your device secret key from the Wia Dashboard (the one that begins with d_sk).

In your Arduino IDE:

  • Go to Sketch > Upload to send it to your MKR 1000

Now go to your device in the Wia dashboard and you should see the data appearing in the debugger.

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