IoT Cabin

What this kit teaches

Course outline

01 Getting to know the IoT Cabin

Unit content

• Introduction to the Internet of Things
• Understanding the smart cabin

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 1

02 Understanding the LinkIt 7697

Unit content

• LinkIt 7697 hardware specifications

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 2

03 Getting familiar with BlocklyDuino

Unit content

• BlocklyDuino development environment

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 3

04 Modules on the cabin

Unit content

• Get to know the sensors on the IoT Cabin:
• DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor
• Arduino® CGGS water level sensor
• Flame sensor
• Photoresistor
• RGB LED
• Passive buzzer

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 4

05 Signal input and output

Unit content

• Upload LED and button programs to the LinkIt 7697
• Install the USB driver
• Set up a button to control an LED

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 5

06 Assembling the IoT Cabin, part 1

Unit content

• Install the modules:
• Temperature and humidity sensor
• Arduino® CGGS water level sensor
• Flame sensor
• Photoresistor
• RGB LED
• Passive buzzer

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 6

07 Assembling the IoT Cabin, part 2

Unit content

• Breadboard introduction and use
• Power expansion
• Connect the buzzer
• Flame sensor
• Connect the DHT11
• Light sensor
• Connect the rain sensor
• Connect the RGB LED

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 7

08 Using the LinkIt Remote app

Unit content

• Control the IoT Cabin with LinkIt Remote

Matching materials: CIRCUS Pi course outline “LinkIt IoT Cabin,” Unit 8

The course outline follows the official CIRCUS Pi course outline. Please contact us for the number of class periods, which depends on each school’s schedule.

Related tutorial articles

• Build a Smart Home with the LinkIt 7697 IoT Cabin (Part 1)
• Build a Smart Home with the LinkIt 7697 IoT Cabin (Part 2)

Hardware specifications

Development board	Circus 7697D
Components and modules	• 400-point breadboard, 8.5 x 5.5 cm • DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor module • Arduino® CGGS water level sensor • Flame sensor module • Light sensor module • RGB LED module • Passive buzzer module • Micro USB cable, 1 m • 10 colored Dupont jumper wires (male/female), 20 cm • 40 colored Dupont jumper wires (male/male), 10 cm

Product features

A teaching kit for an IoT cabin that uses the LinkIt 7697 as its main board. It teaches how to write programs and use sensors, and combine them with web services to explore the Internet of Things.

The LinkIt 7697 main board has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you can easily use MediaTek services as needed (LinkIt Remote and MediaTek Cloud Sandbox Lite).

Two programming environments are available: the Arduino IDE  and the block-based BlocklyDuino  (the latest version is Windows only), suitable for beginner to advanced users.

With the environmental sensors in the kit, you can build an IoT cabin suited for teaching.