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CEC Semester Twenty 2021

Developing Node-RED IoT Concepts

Dr. Don Wilcher -
Director of Manufacturing and Technology at Jefferson State Community College
November 15,
2021
Node-RED-An Overview
CEC participants will be introduced to Node RED. Furtherparticipants will learn a historical perspective of Node RED. A discussion on Node RED installationIoT dashboard layouta user interfaceand widgets will be presented. Lastlyparticipants will learn how to create an interactive user interface in Node RED on Day 1 of the webinar course. A hands-on lab will consist of creating an interactive user interface using a Node RED Dashboard.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
Accelerate Industrial IoT Application Development—Part 2: Rapid IIoT Sensor Deployment - Article
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Using NCD Air Quality Sensor with Node-Red - Video
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Cibus TabulaAlexa Voice Interface to E-Ink - Maker.io Project
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November 16,
2021
Node-RED and the Raspberry Pi
Installation and setup of the Node-RED on the Raspberry Pi will be discussed on Day 2 webinar session. Participants will learn how to install Node-RED on the Raspberry Pi in this session. Appropriate testing of the installation and layout of the blocks or nodes will be presented. In additiona simple Hello World dataflow example will be demonstrated.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
Accelerate Industrial IoT Application Development—Part 2: Rapid IIoT Sensor Deployment - Article
Get Materials
Using NCD Air Quality Sensor with Node-Red - Video
Get Materials
Cibus TabulaAlexa Voice Interface to E-Ink - Maker.io Project
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November 17,
2021
Exploring Node-RED Widgets
Participants will learn Node-RED widgets through small interactive lab activities. Participants will learn constructing an interactive gauge. Lastlyparticipants will build a temperature sensor simulator with gauge using Node-RED. Participants will test their test temperature gauge simulator on a Raspberry Pi.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
Accelerate Industrial IoT Application Development—Part 2: Rapid IIoT Sensor Deployment - Article
Get Materials
Using NCD Air Quality Sensor with Node-Red - Video
Get Materials
Cibus TabulaAlexa Voice Interface to E-Ink - Maker.io Project
Get Materials
November 18,
2021
Node Red and the Arduino
Participants of Day 4 webinar course will learn how to connect an Arduino to Node RED. Participants will learn basics of Arduino Firmata and communicating with Node RED through a Raspberry Pi. Wiring a pushbutton switch and potentiometer to the Arduino connected Raspberry Pi will be explored in small lab activities in this webinar session. Participants will learn how to display these external components values using Node RED widgets.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
Accelerate Industrial IoT Application Development—Part 2: Rapid IIoT Sensor Deployment - Article
Get Materials
Using NCD Air Quality Sensor with Node-Red - Video
Get Materials
Cibus TabulaAlexa Voice Interface to E-Ink - Maker.io Project
Get Materials
November 19,
2021
Prototyping A Low Fidelity Digital Twin Device
Participants will learn to build a low fidelity Digital Twin Device using a Node RED. Participants will build a dashboard that will connect to a physical computing based device. Furtherparticipants will learn how to access the digital twin on an internet connected mobile device like a smartphone or tablet.
Course Resources
Course Resource (PDF)
Webinar
Special Educational Materials
Accelerate Industrial IoT Application Development—Part 2: Rapid IIoT Sensor Deployment - Article
Get Materials
Using NCD Air Quality Sensor with Node-Red - Video
Get Materials
Cibus TabulaAlexa Voice Interface to E-Ink - Maker.io Project
Get Materials
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Instructor
Dr. Don Wilcher
Director of Manufacturing and Technology at Jefferson State Community College

Dr. Don Wilcher, an Electrical Engineer, is an Associate Certified Electronics Technician (CETa), a Technical Education Researcher, Instructor, Maker, Emerging Technology Lecturer, Electronics Project writer, and Book Author. His Learn Electronics with Arduino book, published by Apress, has been cited 80 times in academic journals and referenced on patents.

He is the Director of Manufacturing and Technology at Jefferson State Community College. His research interest is Embedded Controls, Robotics Education, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence applications and their impact on Personalized Learning, Competency-Based Models curriculum, and instructional development in Mechatronics, Automation, IoT, Electronics, Robotics, and Industrial Maintenance Technologies. He is also the Founder and owner of MaDon Research LLC, an instructional technology consulting, technical training, and electronics project writing company serving Electronics Marketing Media, Technical and Engineering Education companies.