OCT
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OCT
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October 6, 2021
I built a water quality monitoring device for Earth Day. My solution worked great until mother nature decided to put it to the test. I'm an embedded developer by trade and a hardware engineer by preference, so I know my way around a soldering iron.
In retrospect, my first design had a handful of mistakes you can easily learn from. There are interesting things to consider, like how to prevent water ingress using off-the-shelf enclosures, how a hot glue gun can be your best friend, how to capture/visualize sensor data remotely, how to transmit your sensor data over cellular without worrying about SIMs, and archaic modem commands, and finally how to protect yourself from catastrophic loss.
Learn:
- What to consider when selecting on off-the-shelf enclosure
- How to transport data with a snap-in module
- How to make a sensor data dashboard without coding
- My advice on where to best spend your building time
Speakers
Zak has a long history in the Internet of Things starting in Windows IoT, then moving on to Azure IoT, Particle and now Blues Wireless. He is a maintainer of the Firmata open-source project, and creator of Windows Remote Arduino. Zak is most often found accidentally catching himself or something else on fire.
Hosts
Founded in 2018, Blues Wireless is the creator of the Notecard, the fastest and most cost-effective way to add wireless connectivity to any product. The Notecard is a secure system on a module (SoM) with embedded 10-year global connectivity that allows any developer to send data from remote assets using JSON and two-lines of code. Data is synchronized to the Blues Wireless Notehub.io cloud service, where it can be routed to your cloud applications of choice.Blues's customers represent leading and innovative companies spanning agriculture, automotive, construction, healthcare, industrial, manufacturing, retail, supply chain & cold chain, transportation, and logistics. Applications range from simple tracking and remote monitoring to edge analytics and remote control. Blues is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.