InfluxDB and Grafana for sensor time series
I’ve started using InfluxDB for storing my sensor data as time series. The main reason for this is that it allows me to use Grafana for analyzing the data. This…
Learning, IoT, programming & experiments
I’ve started using InfluxDB for storing my sensor data as time series. The main reason for this is that it allows me to use Grafana for analyzing the data. This…
I have started integrating my IoT-devices and services with the Home Assistant platform. See my previous post for details on getting started with Home Assistant and subscribing to MQTT messages:…
I’ve been searching for an easy-to-get-started home automation platform that can be extended and customized as my needs grow. After struggling with OpenHAB, Domoticz and Freedomotic, I’ve found Home Assistant…
Recently I’ve had problems with my Raspberry Pi 3 overheating though I use a heat sink for the processor and have a very modest load on the machine. When the RPi…
In the last post in this series, I will add persisting of sensor data to a database. I will also use an additional subscriber as a proxy for sending the…
In the second post in this series, I will setup two ESP8266 microcontrollers with MQTT publishing through a Raspberry Pi-hosted Mosquitto broker. The idea is that the microcontrollers will send…
MQTT (MQ Telemetry Protocol) is a lightweight machine-to-machine communication protocol that works on top of TCP/IP and it is very much suited for usage in an Internet-of-Things scenario. MQTT uses the publish-subscribe pattern…