Azure Sphere Technical Training Course
This is a 6-part technical training course designed to teach you the ins and outs of Avnet's Azure Sphere secure connected MCU. In this course you'll get a detailed overview of Azure Sphere, learn fundamental IoT concepts, build a development environment and connect your device to the cloud -- everything you'll need to develop your own secure IoT solutions!
Lessons
Prerequisites
For this course you will need to have a basic understanding of the C language in order to successfully complete the labs.
Required Hardware
- Azure Sphere Starter Kit. Apply for a free kit here.
- A PC Running Windows 10 Anniversary update or later (Version 1607 or greater)
- USB port on PC
- Visual Studio 2017 or 2019
- Azure Sphere SDK
- Administrator rights on development PC
- Azure Account* - Free account with $200 credit can be created here.
Note - Setting up a free Azure account requires a credit card number to verify you are a real person and not a bot! Find FAQ for Azure free account here.
Lesson 1: Overview of Azure Sphere
Get a high level view of the Azure Sphere 3-part solution to create highly-secured, connected MCU powered devices, what properties constitute a highly secure device and why security is important in your IoT applications.
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Lesson 2: Getting Started with Azure Sphere
Learn about the development tools required for working with the Azure Sphere Starter Kit and prepare your kit so you can start building applications.
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Lesson 3: Running an Application
Walk through the process of running an application on the Azure Sphere Starter Kit from start to finish.
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Lesson 4: Application Code
Dig deeper into specific IoT concepts and how you can implement them in your Azure Sphere applications.
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Lesson 5: Getting Data to the Cloud
Learn how to configure the Azure resources necessary to connect the Azure Sphere device to Azure. Once connected to Azure, you'll walk through setting up a Time Series Insights environment to visualize telemetry data.
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Lesson 6: Accelerating your Cloud Dashboard Implementation
Build on the project you've been developing through the workshop. You'll learn to set up an IoT Central Application, connect your project to IoT Central and share your work with others through the use of IoT Central templates.
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Lab Solutions
This video will walk through the solutions to labs 3, 4 and 5 completed in this workshop.
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Resources
Required Hardware
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Lab Files
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Technical Support
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Avnet Secure Everything Campaign
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Completion Certificate
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