Company
Date Published
Author
Chris Backes
Word count
1883
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

This tutorial guides users through setting up a PHP web application to interact with an IoT device, specifically the Particle Electron 3G development board, using Twilio's Programmable Wireless. The user creates a new Laravel project and installs the Twilio SDK, then sets up environment variables and controllers to list and detail SIMs associated with their Twilio account. The frontend is created using Blade views, which include a SIM list page and a details page for each SIM. The Electron code connects to Twilio via APN, defines onboard LED pin modes, and enters a loop to check for incoming messages on the cellular modem. When a message is received, it processes the command and cycles the relay accordingly. Once the device is flashed with firmware code, users can test command delivery by sending "Open" or "Close" commands from the Laravel App.