Today we will have a look at the Arduino-like Jorjin Ameba board with built in support for WiFi and NFC. Taking the pricetag of 25$ into account makes this an easy choice for your IoT projects! For this post I created a Jorjin Ameba library which can be imported directly into the Arduino IDE seamlessly, thus making the […]
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Jun
Jun
Please read Part 1 to read about the preliminary steps in the Roomba saga. This part will be the fun part where we turn the Roomba into a fully fledged remote controlled vehicle fitted with realtime video feed as well! If at any time you feel like trying this yourself, you can sign up for a free […]
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May
May
As some of you might have seen on twitter we had a device laying around at the Nabto headquarters with Nabto written all over it. [tweet https://twitter.com/nabto_com/status/735109173466267650 align=’center’] Today is the grand reveal of our Roomba hack! Like the CoffeePi this project was rather substantial so the Roomba hack will be split in two parts. […]
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May
May
The experimental open-source project Dartino enables you to write software for embedded systems using the modern Dart language and a set of libraries, that let you be highly productive. So why not add another powerful library? Thanks to improvements to the FFI library in the latest Dartino SDK, we are now able to use the uNabto framework from […]
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May
May
Today we will have a look at Snappy Ubuntu Core, why it is nice, in principle, and why it still has some way to go before it will really be useful in reality. Snappy Ubuntu Core, the basics Snappy Ubuntu Core is “a new, transactionally-updated Ubuntu for IoT devices, clouds and more”. In other words, it’s a […]
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Apr
Apr
This post is outdated. Please have a look at the updated version incorporating our new AppMyProduct platform. When working with STM32 ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers, the free embedded software STM32Cube from ST provides all necessary drivers and a collection of middleware components to reduce the initial development effort. One of the mentioned middleware components is the popular FreeRTOS real-time […]
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Apr
Apr
We have now officially released our Nabto client Cordova plugin for everybody to use. This is a great step in improving the development speed and familiarity of creating a Nabto app. https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-nabto It is a shift in Nabto customer front-end development that we have long been wanting to make, since it enables developers to […]
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Mar
Mar
Breaking news! The CoffeePi will be appearing at Smart IoT London 2016! Feel free to drop by our booth and get a hot beverage from the CoffeePi served using Nabto! Back to the story Please read Part 1 to read about the preliminary steps in the coffee saga. This part will be dealing with the following points […]
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Mar
Mar
This post is outdated. Please have a look at the updated version incorporating our new AppMyProduct platform. The ESP8266 is a low-cost WiFi module that can be programmed directly like a microcontroller. Already thinking of your next Internet of Things project? While an available Arduino library allows a quick start, there is still one problem […]
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Mar
Mar
A few days ago (29/2-2016) the new Raspberry Pi 3 was announced. Of course we were all excited here at the Nabto headquarters and quickly bought a few. Since they are reviewed as the perfect platform for IoT we wanted to check out if it is perfect for Nabto as well. Spoiler alert: it is ! Setting […]