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43oh FAQ

4/28/2018

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Based on the most often asked questions on the 43oh.com forum, I decided to compile a FAQ.
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The thread is named Suggestion: Add a FAQ and includes so far:
  • Netiquette for Newbies
  • What Information to Provide When Asking for Help
  • I²C Check-List 
  • Porting an Arduino library to Energia
  • Use Pins Number instead of Pins Names with Energia
  • Add a New Board to Energia
  • LaunchPad and BoosterPack Pins Maps
  • Boards Supporting the Galaxia Library

Read the FAQ.
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43oh, then and now
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The Requirements for IoT, An Update

4/23/2018

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Last October 2016, I set two conditions for IoT after I was stuck by the massive DDOs and couldn't use a cloud-only solution. Today, I'm reviewing those conditions and adding a third one.
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  • Offline Tools Not an Option
Although this condition was initially about having tools offline when access to the online IDEs was denied, the same confusion seems to exist for IoT.

Does IoT imply cloud solutions? Does a manufacturing plant need to be connected to internet to operate?
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  • Local Server Mandatory
I reviewed three evaluation kits featuring a gateway for a sub-1 GHz network. Although the gateways relied on MQTT and JSON, I wasn't able to use the cloud solutions for two of them, and the backup demos running locally didn't expose those features. Luckily, the third one delivered.

​Could fog computing and edge computing be valid answers? The idea would be to process data as close as and as soon as it is originated. This would alleviate the size of the messages, reduce the bandwidth, shortened the feed-back loop, provide better security and ultimately make cloud services optional.

  • Open Standards Recommended
​This is the new condition. Many IoT solutions promote their own standard, build silos and walled gardens.

On the IoT and home automation fields, using standards like MQTT and JSON allows to use any broker and basic tools to read the messages. 

  • Retrofitted and Native Solutions
New components retrofit existing solutions and bring them inter-operability.

​For example, Node-RED nodes are available for the Blynk application and for the LightBlue Bean by Punch Through Desgin boards.
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But new initiatives match the three conditions natively.

​For example, ​I've been happily surprised by the Mozilla Things solution, running on a local server and based on the W3C Web of Things (WoT) Thing Description.

I hope more options, either retrofitted old solutions or native new solutions, are coming.
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CapTIvate Touch Keypad BoosterPack

4/22/2018

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The CapTIvate Touch Keypad BoosterPack is a welcome addition to the the CapTIvate Development Kit with a ready-to-use numeric pad.

It features a numeric keypad with additional pads for enter and cancel. The MSP430FR2522 comes flashed with firmware to send the proximity and the digits pressed through UART and I²C.

Read the full review.
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