UNAIR NEWS – The series of Matching Fund Program events from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology remain to be held by the Faculty of Advanced Technology and Multidiscipline (FTMM) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR). On Saturday, November 13, 2021, a workshop entitled Android Application Programming for Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Telemetry Systems was held online.
The event, which aims to introduce IoT technology to students, was opened by FTMM UNAIR Lecturer Prisma Megantoro, S.T., M.Eng. In his speech, Prisma emphasized the importance of mastering IoT for students. “We live in the Revolution 4.0, the era of Android. These skills are essential. Hopefully, students will be able to contribute to the IoT technology development projects,” he said via Zoom and the FTMM UNAIR YouTube Channel.
This webinar presented an alumnus of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Tri Wahyu Prasetyo, S.Kom., as a speaker. Wahyu explained IoT itself is the ability to monitor or control devices with the help of the internet. The architecture consists of at least a server, application, and microcontroller.
“Android technology has existed for ten years. The native language is Java, but over time there have been many other languages that can be used,” he explained.
According to Wahyu, learning programming is not difficult. However, the device used must be appropriate.
If you want to learn programming, your computer/laptop should have at least 8 gigabytes of RAM with a Core i3 or i5 processor. “VGA does not matter. The important thing is the RAM and processor,” continued Wahyu.
“If we realize that the specifications of the computer/laptop are low, it is better not to run the emulator on the computer so that it does not run heavily,” he said.
In addition to device specifications, the problem that programmers often face is errors. One of the reasons is from the coding since it uses old dependencies.
Moreover, on Android, changes (Update, Red) happen very fast, even in a matter of months. “Coding errors could be detected due to different versions. If this is the case, we have to edit and adjust the codes to the new library,” he explained.
In the training session, Wahyu also invited participants to build a server using the Android Studio software. All participants seemed enthusiastic during the discussion session. (*)
Author: Erika Eight Novanty
Editor: Khefti Al Mawalia
