IoT
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...
InfluxDB as an IoT Edge Historian: A Crawl/Walk/Run Approach
This article was originally published in The New Stack. Photo by Tim Vanderhoydonck on Unsplash The question of how to get data into a database is one of the most fundamental aspects of data processing that developers face. Data collection can be challenging enough...
Using InfluxDB as an IoT Edge Historian
InfluxDB is increasingly being used in IoT solutions to store data from connected devices. Now it can also be used on IoT edge gateways as a data historian to analyze, visualize and eventually transmit aggregated IoT data up to a centralized...
A Platform Gaining Momentum: Announcing New InfluxDB Features for Industrial IoT
Data – specifically time series data – continues to be the key ingredient for successful digital transformation. No matter the industry, time series data helps companies understand the activities and output of people, processes and technologies impacting their business. The effective...
Industry 4.0 Defined and Explained
With Industry 4.0 fundamentally transforming manufacturing systems and processes through IIoT technologies, manufacturers large and small are seeking the most efficient ways to reap its benefits. Potential gains include optimizing operations, generating data-driven insight, creating new revenue streams, and accelerating innovation....
Using the Flux VS Code Extension for IoT Application Development
InfluxData prides itself on its effort to prioritize developer happiness. This included providing developers with a variety of tools to interact with InfluxDB v2 OSS or InfluxDB Cloud, so they can pick the development style that works best for them. This...
How InfluxDB Works with IoT Data
Over the past few years, the IoT community has embraced InfluxDB as a cornerstone of the solutions they build. Whether modernizing or greenfield, InfluxDB has helped many in working with vast quantities of sensor and device data as we continue to...
Connecting Flume Water to InfluxDB Cloud Using Telegraf
I like having my devices talk to me and tell me things. In fact, my house is full of smart devices: smart TVs, speakers, light switches, appliances, even my toothbrush has an app. However one big area that’s a mystery is...
Community Highlight: How InfluxDB Enables IoT Sensor Monitoring of Aquariums
I recently spoke with Jeremy White who is using InfluxDB to monitor his aquariums. By collecting IoT sensor data, he has been able to better understand his 200 gallon salt-water aquarium full of fish and coral. The entire project can be...
Community Highlight: How InfluxDB Enables IoT Monitoring of Gas Station Tanks
I recently spoke with Alex Skrivseth, the Operations Manager at The Shed App, and discovered how he’s using InfluxDB to monitor the current levels of gas and diesel at various gas stations. Simply by extracting IoT sensor data, he has been...