<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I have been tinkering with IoT devices for over 10 years now, starting with micro controllers with ethernet ports (later bulky wifi-shields) that were cumbersome to scale out and put onto things. For a true internet of things, we needed low-cost, connectivity enabled, sensor packed devices we would attach to things easily and then…More
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Raspberry Pi Setup – Part II: IoT API Platform
Intro This is the second part in a series of posts on setting up a Raspberry Pi to fully utilize the Software & Hardware functionality of this platform to build interesting internet of things (IOT) applications. Part-I is here https://alok-mishra.com/2016/10/10/raspberry-pi-ssh-headless-access-from-mac-and-installing-node-processing/ … this covered the following: Enable SSH service on the Pi Connect to Pi without a display or router –…More
Raspberry Pi Setup – Part I : Boot, SSH and Headless access
<h1>Intro</h1> <p><strong>Part I :</strong> Documenting the workflow/steps to setup my Raspberry Pi (2 B) – from Installing Raspbian to installing Node, Processing etc</p> <p>Goals:</p> <ul> <li>Enable SSH service on the Pi</li> <li>Connect to Pi without a display or router – headless access via Mac</li> </ul> <h1>Steps</h1> <ol> <li>Install Raspbian</li> <li>Boot your Pi</li> <li>Setup SSH</li> <li>Connect to Mac</li> <li>Troubleshoot…More
Testing Data Logging RESTful Webservice – using Python and Thingsspeak
<p>Your windows “TaskManager” just went LIVE!</p> <p>Imagine being able to broadcast your <a href="https://www.thingspeak.com/channels/681/charts/1?round=2&timescale=2&yaxis=CPU&xaxis=Time&title=Laptop%20CPU-MEM">CPU</a>/<a href="https://www.thingspeak.com/channels/681/charts/2?round=2&timescale=2&yaxis=Memory&xaxis=Time">MEM</a>/Disk capacity data or data from a hardware device or appliance (Arduino based sensor) to a service. Now imagine being able to view this data in a live graphical manner and being able to share it with the rest of the…More