Low-Cost Raspberry Pi-Based Remote Laboratory for IoT, LoRa and Python Programming Education

Abstract

This paper presents a low-cost Raspberry Pi-based remote lab for learning concepts related to the Internet of Things (IoT), LoRa protocol and Python programming. To interact with the lab, a user interface has been developed in which students can program using Python language instructions directly or through graphical blocks for those who are new to the mentioned topics and programming. The laboratory has devices such as temperature, humidity and ambient light sensor, 3D printing robotic arm, LoRa module, among others, with which students can interact and experiment. The laboratory has been used by 41 first semester students of systems engineering and has the potential to be an active learning tool in the indicated topics.