3 posts authored by “Tony DiCola”

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Sensors and Data Logging with Embedded Linux - The Ultimate Guide Part 3: Multi-Device Sensor Dashboard

This is the third and final part in a series that dives into logging sensor data with embedded Linux, containers, and Balena's platform. The first part was a deep dive into how sensors can be read by embedded Linux, and the second part explored how to collect and graph sensor data with a TIG stack of services. This third part builds on the first and second parts to explore building a multi-device…

March 15, 2019 / 9 min

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Sensors and Data Logging with Embedded Linux - The Ultimate Guide Part 2: Build A Sensor Dashboard

This is the second in a three-part series that dives into logging sensor data with embedded Linux, containers, and Balena's platform. The first part was a deep dive into how sensors can be read by embedded Linux. This second part builds on the first part to add a database and web dashboard for viewing sensor data. You'll learn about multi-container applications in Balena and how to use services…

March 15, 2019 / 17 min

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Sensors and Data Logging with Embedded Linux - The Ultimate Guide Part 1

This project is the first in a three-part series that explores in depth how to log data from sensors with embedded Linux and a container-based architecture. You'll learn how to connect a sensor to a Linux board and read data from it, how to store and graph sensor data with modern service tools like InfluxDB and Grafana, and how to scale the application up to many devices and sensors. This first…

March 15, 2019 / 42 min