Building Your First Blynk Application

Now you know how to connect your Raspberry Pi to the Blynk cloud with a simple C++ application running on itself. You also know how to create a project with Blynk app builder running on your smartphone or tablet to connect with your Raspberry Pi through the Blynk cloud.

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Attaching an LED to the Raspberry Pi
  • Building an application with Blynk app builder
  • Using GPIO_BCM pins with the Button widget
  • Using virtual pins with the Button widget
  • Writing C++ code with nano editor
  • Editing the build.sh file
  • Controlling the LED on the Pi by running the Blynk application (the C++ project and the Blynk app)

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