Google, IBM and SAP are three of the most well-known companies in the world. They’re also three of the most recent to announce that they’re shutting down their IoT platforms. So, what gives? The internet of things, or IoT, is a system of interconnected devices and sensors that collect and share data. These devices can be anything from fitness trackers to industrial machines. And while the concept … [Read more...]
How to Setup ThingsBoard IoT on Ubuntu/Debian Server
In earlier guides, we have mentioned that ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform which supports MQTT, CoAP and HTTP protocol. Supporting HTTP requests is quite important in some use cases. For example, when you need a toggle button to control your AC powered appliances, then the easiest way is to control with a cURL request. This you could do with IBM Watson IoT, but as we have said earlier, … [Read more...]
How to Install Mosquitto MQTT on Ubuntu Server
We have already informed our readers that IBM Watson IoT platform will be discontinued sooner. We will gradually port our snippets for ESP32/Arduino to a generic MQTT platform to avoid this kind of issue in future. As a user of the Watson IoT Platform (or as a new user) you need to know only two things to run on your server - Mosquitto and Node-RED. Thankfully a lot of work was done by IBM for … [Read more...]
IBM Kills Watson IoT Platform : Details for the Existing Users
In a surprising move, IBM has killed its Watson IoT platform. This is big news for the tech industry, as IBM has been a leading player in the IoT space for years. So, what does this mean for existing Watson IoT users? And what will IBM be doing instead? The IBM Watson IoT Platform is a cloud-based platform that allows developers to connect devices and sensors to the internet, so they can … [Read more...]
Tech Companies Need Experts in IoT
With IoT, the lack of know-how is usually in specialized consultants rather than internal IT departments. According to a recent report, one in four of the companies surveyed have IoT apps that are currently in productive use and one in two want to increase their commitment by the end of this year. With many applications emerging soon and an expected many trillion dollar projected expenditure by … [Read more...]
What is a Smart Grid and What Are the Challenges with Smart Grids
The term smart grid refers to the strategy of focusing on IT technical and regulatory innovations in grid control (grid intelligence) with which the utilization of the existing infrastructure can be improved. This is intended to keep the time- and capital-intensive expansion of the physical infrastructure (overhead lines, underground lines, transformers) as low as possible or to avoid … [Read more...]
5 Key Factors Behind Manufacturing Innovation in 2021
2020 has been a rollercoaster year for businesses but it has also given a much-needed push for innovation. Industry 4.0 is making a strong case for itself, and in 2021, the nature of manufacturing innovations will take centre stage. In that regard, let's look at five key factors set to impact the manufacturing industry in 2021 and beyond. Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Smarter … [Read more...]
IoT Home Automation: Getting Started
If you have multiple houses and want to remote control the electrical devices from anywhere on this earth with a decent UI then this article is for you. When we need to control just few bulbs or motors then we can use ready to use smart sockets. A DIY alternative to it is using IBM IoT and ESP32 to control the AC powered appliances. These ways are cost-effective, commercial solution provides a … [Read more...]
Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE Review
This watch is quite different as it contains the circuit for having a SIM. That makes it an independent device like a standalone smartphone. You can make calls, receive calls, use data services without Bluetooth or WiFi connection with the smartphone. It is a master on a network, not a slave. It is capable to use NTP like ESP32 Arduino or smartphones with data connection or computers with active … [Read more...]
Connect Android CLI (Termux) to IBM Watson IoT Like Raspberry Pi
Android smartphones can be made to partially work like Raspberry Pi like single board computers. That is probably useful for different reasons. To follow the steps of this guide, you need to read our previous guide for the basic setup with Termux. Although in that guide, we mainly focused on how to use Node-RED, there are is the installation of termux-api and some useful links. Any Android device … [Read more...]
How to Use Android Smartphone as IoT Device (Termux, Node-RED)
We can use any modern Android Smartphone something like a Raspberry Pi with a camera, all the sensors & send the collection to any IoT platform. Although it will sound like a complex work it is easy because of a lot of development by many hundreds of developers. There are ready to use Android applications which does the similar job from GUI and connect with IoT platform like IBM Watson IoT … [Read more...]
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