MQTT vs Kafka: An IoT Advocate’s Perspective (Part 3 - A Match Made in Heaven)
So here we are…the final chapter. In Part 2 of this series, we started to drill down into some of the concepts that make Kafka great. We concluded that although terminology between MQTT and Kafka was similar (for example topics), they...
Telegraf Best Practices: SNMP Plugin
Telegraf has now reached 300+ plugins and is deployed in a wide variety of use cases. In January we released a blog post covering the golden rules for creating configs and optimizing your Telegraf agent. It’s now about time we got...
MQTT vs Kafka: An IoT Advocate’s Perspective (Part 2 – Kafka the Mighty)
In Part 1 of this series, we started to compare the uses of Kafka and MQTT within an IoT infrastructure. It was concluded that in a basic publish-and-subscribe model of an IoT device, Kafka might simply be overkill. However, we also...
MQTT vs Kafka: An IoT Advocate's Perspective (Part 1 - The Basics)
With the Kafka Summit fast approaching, I thought it was time to get my hands dirty and see what it’s all about. As an advocate for IoT, I heard about Kafka but was too embedded in protocols like MQTT to investigate...
Revisiting The Things Network: Connecting The Things Network V3 to InfluxDB
Back in 2019, David Simmons created an awesome blog introducing LoRaWAN devices and The Things Network. He also showed you how easy it was to connect The Things Network V2 to InfluxDB. Since then, a few things have changed and I...
Telegraf Best Practices: Config Recommendations and Performance Monitoring
Telegraf has reached the ripe old age of V1.21.2. Thanks to community feedback and contribution, there have been many features added over the years. Lately, I have seen these questions pop up: How can I monitor the performance of my Telegraf...
PTC Kepware and InfluxDB: Collecting and Storing Your Automation Data
If you have worked in the automation sector for some time, it is likely you have come across or at least heard of PTC Kepware. They provide one of the largest connectivity suites for automation devices such as PLC’s easing the...
The NVIDIA Jetson Series - Part 2 (Vision AI Pipeline)
Hopefully, you caught Part 1 of this series. If you didn’t, don’t read any of the spoilers below and check out Part 1 here. All caught up? Good! Let’s move on. In Part 2, our goal is to build a Vision...
InfluxDB and GeoData - Emergency Generators
With the widespread use of LTE (Long Term Evolution), we are seeing more IoT devices come online in remote regions of our planet. Picture this scenario: A country is currently experiencing a national emergency due to an electrical grid failure. To...
The NVIDIA Jetson Series - Part 1 (Jetson-Stats)
NVIDIA if you’re an avid PC gamer like me then the name should be familiar to you. NVIDIA is a world leader in designing and producing graphical processing units (GPU’s). In recent years, NVIDIA has moved into the Vision AI space...