Lantronix xPico 200 Evaluation Kit Integrating xPico 200 Series with Microsoft - Page 5

1 Overview This application note describes how to integrate an xPico 200 series device with Microsoft Azure. The Microsoft Azure service and the Azure portal may change. This document serves as an example but may not be up to date. Refer to the Microsoft Azure documentation for updated Azure instructions. You can add a device to an IoT Hub in Azure using either a SAS Token, a self-signed X.509 certificate, or a CA-signed X.509 certificate. This document describes how to create an IoT Hub in Azure, the methods for adding a device, and examples for calling methods on an xPico 200 series device using the Device Explorer tool from the Azure IoT SDK. Prerequisites You will need the following software: • Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download • Azure IoT Tools for Visual Studio Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vsciot-vscode.azure-iottools • Device Explorer: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdks/releases • D-TRUST.pem, DigiCert.pem, and baltimore-ca.pem: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdk-c/tree/master/certs (for the self-signed X.509 method) • Certificate Authority files: https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-sdkc/tree/master/tools/CACertificates (for the CA-signed X.509 method) Application Note: Integrating xPico 200 Series with Microsoft Azure 5