IoT : Internet of Things

IoT : Internet of Things – beta test Totem Bus system

Posted on2018-02-14

IoT : Internet of Things – beta test Totem Bus system Feeling a bit privileged today… I’ve been invited to participate in the (beta) testing of the Totem Bus system. It is a system with which one can connect up to 128 modules on a “CAN Bus” and it includes… Read the rest

IoT : Internet of Things – Combining IoT and EV3

Posted on2017-11-10

Combining IoT and EV3 Been busy today, installing ev3dev on two of my MINDSTORMS bricks, these two are Neo and Morpheus. ev3dev is a Debian variant of the Linux Operating System. After successfully installing ev3dev I also installed the python libraries to be able to control the EV3 motors, and… Read the rest

IoT : Internet of Things – Installing DietPi on my Pi Zero’s

Posted on2017-10-27

Installing DietPi on my Pi Zero’s Today I had a field day installing DietPi Linux on my Raspberry Pi Zero W’s. Start out on the Pi Zero got file DietPi_RPi-armv6-(Jessie).7z from this page unzipped it using UnArchiver on MacOS burned the image on a 16GB (Copernicus) and to a 8GB… Read the rest

IoT : Internet of Things – Raspberry Pi Zero W

Posted on2017-10-25

Raspberry Pi Zero W Wow… I say again: wow… I keep getting amazed by the sheer size of credit-card sized computers. The newest one (that I know of) is the Raspberry Pi Zero W. See picture on there right. For you to be able to see the size I made… Read the rest

IoT : Internet of Things – MQTT and Node-RED

Posted on2017-10-23

MQTT and Node-RED Everyone with at least a minor interest in technical stuff has heard of IoT, the Internet of Things. In this IoT network it’s all about connectivity, about a network of physical devices, vehicles, and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity which enable… Read the rest