mytoaster – Internet of Things https://blogs.mathworks.com/iot Hans Scharler is an Internet of Things pioneer. He writes about IoT and ThingSpeak IoT platform features. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 ThingSpeak is (Open) https://blogs.mathworks.com/iot/2011/02/16/thingspeak-is-open/?s_tid=feedtopost https://blogs.mathworks.com/iot/2011/02/16/thingspeak-is-open/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:30:03 +0000 https://blogs.mathworks.com/iot/?p=289 Our things can tell us a story…if they have a voice…if they are connected. What can our things tell us? How about how much power they use? How about if someone is in your house? How about... read more >>

]]> Our things can tell us a story…if they have a voice…if they are connected. What can our things tell us? How about how much power they use? How about if someone is in your house? How about your toaster updating Twitter? A new generation of products and services for “connected things” are being created as we speak. Be a part of the story…

ThingSpeak is an open web of things platform to allow devices to interact with web services, apps, and things. ThingSpeak is open to any type of data from devices and applications.  ThingSpeak is a cloud service…things-as-a-service (TaaS)? ThingSpeak is open now.

ThingSpeak Overview

Features:

  • Open API – connect devices and applications via the Internet to send and receive data
  • Multiple Data Types – numbers (decimal and comma) and alphanumeric strings
  • Real-time Data Processing – time scaling, averaging, median, summing, and rounding
  • Time and Location – localized time, geolocation, latitude, longitude, and elevation
  • Social Context – augment data with status updates
  • Charts – instant visualization and embed tools
  • Apps – built-in apps to connect things to web services
  • Plugins – sandbox to create mashups, visualizations, and apps

Get started by signing up and creating your own channel for your anything you can imagine. We are excited by what you will come up with and the direction that you will take this project.

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