Overview

CloudPlugs supports all major embedded hardware and all major programming languages to manage the entire lifecycle of a connected product, from prototyping to deployment and maintenance.  The tutorials are designed to get you started quickly.

Connecting Things requires that devices or gateways have the capability of establishing connectivity through the Internet. To connect your device of choice to CloudPlugs requires a few simple steps:

1. Create a Prototype in your CloudPlugs account and obtain a Plug-ID.
2. Select the device hardware platform and a recommended library from the list below.
3. Download the library and install it.
4. Open an example included with the library to set the data parameters that your board will be controlling.
5. Enter the Plug-ID and the controller board port that will communicate with your Thing.
6. Enter the message that will publish the data read from the Thing.
7. Save and close the library and your control board will automatically connect your Thing(s) to your CloudPlugs central management console.

All of our libraries are Open Source and hosted on Github so that you can use, contribute, and request features on them easily and at no cost.

If you have a project that requires support for additional hardware, please contact us at %support_email%.

Tutorials Hardware

The tutorials currently available use the following hardware:

• Arduino Uno
• Arduino Due
• Arduino Ethernet
• Arduino Leonardo R3
• Arduino Mega 2560
• Intel Galileo
• Intel Edison
• Beaglebone Black
• Raspberry Pi
• Libellium Waspmote similar setup as Arduino.

Tutorials

	Arduino Family Connect Arduino boards directly to our platform using ligthweight REST api.		Raspberry Pi Plug a Raspberry Pi to the platform unleashing the power of this Broadcom SoC using different libraries.
	BeagleBone Black Build quickly a connected product with our platform and BBB’s 1Ghz power.		Intel Edison Create a blinking LED prototype with an Intel Edison.