Schlagwort: things

  • A flurry of Arduino Cloud updates spell sunshine for makers

    A flurry of Arduino Cloud updates spell sunshine for makers

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    Arduino Cloud updates

    Arduino Cloud updates are like buses! They all come along at once. But that just makes it all the more exciting when we get to tell you about the new things happening in Arduino’s awesome SaaS system. So let’s jump right in there and take a look at tags, filters, blinks and galleries.

    Tag your Things in IoT Cloud

    A Thing in Arduino Cloud is a multi-functional entity. They’re so easy to create it becomes just as easy to overlook everything a Thing can do for your project. So if you’re anything like me, you’re constantly creating new Things for projects, functions, prototypes, experiments and sometimes even just for the fun of it.

    This can mean your Cloud account can quickly become a bit overrun with these virtual devices. And it’s here that tags come to the rescue.

    Tags are the foundation for bringing metadata to your Things. You can add as many tags to a Thing as you want, and each one gets a custom value. In our example below, we’ve added a “Location” tag, demonstrating how you can filter multiple solutions that have been deployed in different places. The Things are assigned the Location tag, and given values based on where they are; New York and Rome, for instance.

    You can now modify the columns on your Things page to show your custom tags, and then filter the list using the search bar, based on any of these metadata criteria.

    It’s a small feature that lives in the background, but provides some essential functionality. Especially if you’re a prolific maker!

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVhUSh9aRyA?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    Search Filters in Cloud Things

    Tags introduced a new way to filter your Things based on your custom metadata. This has proved to be incredibly useful, so the team has expanded on the concept to supercharge the way you can search and filter your Things.

    As you can see in the example below, it’s not just tags that can be used to refine your list. Naturally you can still search by name, if there’s something specific you’re looking for.

    But how about filtering by board type? A great way to see which Things are using which devices. If a column is displayed, you can rearrange your view to show you exactly what you need. 

    Search has become very powerful in Arduino Cloud thanks to this new option to filter. Now I’ve used tested it out, I wish this approach was available in all search engines!

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61H4BKrI9rU?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    No-Code Cloud Blink Template

    We actually introduced templates some time ago, focusing on the Oplà IoT Kit. Since then we’ve been working on expanding Arduino Cloud’s template engine, so you can import an entire project in just a couple of clicks, and get them working without needing any code.

    To kick things off with these new, broader templates (which support a whole variety of boards; not just the Oplà Kit) we’ve gone right back to the classics!

    This new template shows you how to make an LED blink, just like with very early UNO demos, but this time it’s wireless, over the Cloud. It’s a fantastic way to wrap your head around wireless control and IoT Cloud projects. Once you’ve tested out Cloud Blink, you’ll be filled with inspiration for making much more ambitious projects. Check it out.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DphCXql6R6Y?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

    Dashboard Gallery

    Okay, so we create a lot of Things in Arduino Cloud. But we also create a lot of dashboards. After all, you can design and publish as many as you want, and easily share them with other users

    To help you add a bit of customization to your list of available dashboards, we’ve put together a gallery option for the official Arduino Remote IoT app (on iOS and Android). It lets you add cover images to your dashboards, making it much easier to quickly pick out the one you’re looking for.

    And it makes the whole screen look cooler, obviously. Update the app now if you already have it, to get this hot new feature, or download it for your iOS or Android device.

    Arduino Cloud updates dashboard gallery

    There’s even more exciting Arduino Cloud news around the corner, but in the meantime give these great new features a test and tell us what you think. If you haven’t got started with Arduino’s IoT Cloud option yet, you can dive in for free by hitting the button below.

    Website: LINK

  • Illustrator Imagines What Stranger Things Characters Are Doing Now, 33 Years Later

    Illustrator Imagines What Stranger Things Characters Are Doing Now, 33 Years Later

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    With the incredibly popular sci-fi TV series Stranger Things back on our screens, Music Magpie has fast-forwarded 33 years to 2017 to give fans a glimpse of what main characters from the show would look like now, and what career paths they’ve taken.

    Let us know, which career choice surprised you the most.

    More info: blog.musicmagpie.co.uk

    Eleven, 46, Fundraiser

    Age: 46

    Profession: Fundraiser

    Hobbies: Vegan baking and Tarot card reading

    Despite the horrors of her isolated, captive childhood, Eleven was able to overcome her demons.

    After some very temperamental teenage years (and a short-lived punk phase), she opened up emotionally and blossomed, putting a stop to the unpredictable and occasionally dangerous unleashing of her abilities.

    Today, she reserves her telekinetic powers for de-seeding avocados and rescuing the town’s animals, for whom she is the designated patron.

    Dustin, 46, Teacher

    Age: 46

    Profession: Teacher

    Hobbies: Hosting dinner parties & mentoring

    All-around good guy Dustin remains one of Hawkins’ most popular residents.

    After several spells as class president, he tried his hand on the stand-up comedy circuit before returning to the town and settling as a teacher.

    As eccentric and goofy as ever, he spends way too much of his time trying to pull the group together – listening to Lucas moan about work, pretending to like Will’s garage band and positively reviewing Mike’s distinctly average plays.

    Barbs (In the hope she is alive), 51, Investigative journalist

    Age: 51

    Profession: Investigative journalist

    Hobbies: Shopping with friends & book club

    We’ve decided Barb somehow survived her ordeal in the upside-down, because we can’t bring ourselves to accept the alternative.

    With her penchant for justice, Barb’s exposé on the disturbing activities taking place at Hawkins Laboratory elevated her to national prominence.

    From there, her investigative reporting has taken her cross-country and spanned seven novels; but she always calls by her hometown if she’s in the area.

    And though the 80’s are but a distant memory, go-getter Barb refuses to retire her oversized, bottle-top glasses.

    Will Byers, 46, Project Manager

    Age: 46

    Profession: Project Manager

    Hobbies: Band practise, political campaigner

    Resilient Will’s terrifying ordeal in the upside-down pushed him to the very limits of survival.

    It’s perhaps why he thrives in his role as a Project Manager, which he says is ‘pretty much a breeze actually, in comparison’.

    He threw himself into the grunge scene in the early 90’s and never did put the guitar down, still championing his garage rock band ‘Demogorgon’ to this day.

    Mike Wheeler, 46, Event planner

    Age: 46

    Profession: Event planner

    Hobbies: Amatuer theatre, Sudoku

    Imaginative and sensitive Mike was always the optimist of the group.

    His knack for leadership and outside-the-box thinking has seen him rise to prominence as Indiana’s best event planner.

    In his spare time, Mike is the only member of the group to (secretly) maintain an interest in Dungeons and Dragons, via a web forum he runs.

    More publicly, he expresses his still-active imagination through leading Hawkins’ amateur theatre group, whose recent productions include the all-singing, all-dancing ‘A Day in the Upside-Down’.

    Lucas Sinclair, 46, Accountant

    Age: 46

    Profession: Accountant

    Hobbies: Building computers and DIY

    Sensible and skeptical Lucas was often around to keep the group grounded. Practical and pragmatic, he always got on with the job at hand, particularly when it came to finding his friend Will.

    The cynicism and stubbornness we saw in his attitude towards Eleven grew with age but serves him well in his rather dry career as an accountant.

    Lucas’s tendency to tantrum when things didn’t go his way carried on too; coming to a head when Dustin beat him to become Class President in Junior year.

    When he can be bothered to attend the group’s dinner parties, he never brings wine and always leaves the earliest.

    Website: LINK