Using Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Python to Monitor Cisco Router - #DEVNET CCNA

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NetworkChuck shows a maker project tying Arduino, a Raspberry Pi and Python to network programmability. He explains Arduino is focused more on electronics, home automation, LCDs, LEDs, motors and fans, while his Raspberry Pi — which he calls Malcolm and says costs about $35 — he uses for many projects. Using an Elegoo starter kit, which he says is about $60, he first learns basics from its walkthrough PDF such as blinking an RGB LED. He then spends about five hours integrating the kit with his network: he enables REST APIs on a Cisco CSR 1000v cloud services router, which he says is free with a bandwidth cap of one and a half megabits per second, writes a Python script on the Raspberry Pi to pull statistics for the Gigabit 1 interface, and sends them over a serial connection to the Arduino to display on an LCD. He also connects to the Google API to display his YouTube subscriber count. He suggests future projects including an alarm when a router hits a threshold, RFID entry, and using a temperature and humidity sensor to turn on a fan to cool a router.

Key takeaways

• Arduino is framed as electronics- and automation-focused, complementing a Raspberry Pi the creator calls Malcolm
• The Elegoo starter kit walkthrough starts with basics like controlling an RGB LED before attempting network integration
• A Python script on the Raspberry Pi uses the Cisco CSR 1000v REST API to pull Gigabit 1 interface statistics
• Those statistics are sent by serial connection to the Arduino and displayed on an attached LCD screen
• He also pulls his YouTube subscriber count via the Google API and proposes threshold alarms, RFID entry, and temperature-triggered fan cooling

Episode details: published December 16, 2018 · 13:07 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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