Download Lubuntu Virtual Machine (PDAControlMV) IoT in VirtualBox # 1

Virtualization is one of the most used methods to facilitate the compatibility of Software or simply the test of other Operating Systems, technically it is an operating system within another. I have tried for a long time Oracle VirtualBox is one of the most used virtualization software for x86 / amd64 architectures allowing virtualization. FreeBSD…

Installation IoT Platform Emoncms in lubuntu Linux

We have done a lot of testing on this platform Emoncms part of the OpenEnergyMonitor Project, which has very attractive features if you decide to monitor or control your “bugs” Arduino, RPI, Esp8266 … Although we will emphasize on the platform, it is important to know the main mission of the OpenEnergyMonitor Project. is a tool…

Installation Arduino IDE & Boards ESP8266 in Lubuntu

To avoid losing synergy in our tests in Arduino IDE, this time we will install Arduino IDE in our new operating system lubuntu “linux” and we will configure the boards to program the ESP8266. Installation Arduino IDE, Haste the current version 1.8.3. Installation of Boards libraries and examples for ESP8266. Tutorial Recommended: Full migration to…

Full Migration to Lubuntu Operating System

On this occasion I will comment on my experience in the total migration to a linux system specifically the lubuntu distribution, with this tutorial it is only intended to present simply another different option, allowing us to continue our tests with greater efficiency in open source and IoT applications.   After much meditating on the…

Tutorial ESP8266 Node-RED Granafa InfluxDB MQTT

Based on the previous instructions of the ESP8266 connection with the Node-RED implementing the mqtt protocol, we have performed tests of the connection of several software platforms for the collection and visualization of data. We consider these 2 Grafana and InfluxDB for development and Interactive From the internet of things. Install Node-RED Installation Node red Platform…

Installation Mosquitto Broker MQTT in lubuntu (Ubuntu) Linux

That is MQTT ? In short MQTT is a TCP / IP protocol lightweight messaging, the model is publication – subscriber requires a message broker  which is responsible for directing recipients through a topic  in common. It is considered to Andrew James Stanford-Clark as the author of this protocol. More information MQTT Wikipedia. Official Website:…

Installation Node red Platform

Installation of Node-Red Platform For a long time I had wanted to try this platform called Node-red created by IBM, it was developed in nodejs, Node-RED is developed by Nick O’Leary and  Dave Conway-Jones thanks for your contributions. But what is Node-Red? It is an open source graphic tool based on connection of nodes that contain API’S and / or services for the…

Install lubuntu (Ubuntu) from Scratch

I decided to create my desktop a virtual machine in VirtualBox with Lubuntu (Linux) combination LXDE and Ubuntu, the purpose of this virtual machine is testing the Platform IoT Node-Red Interconnect devices like Arduino and ESP8266 among others . Official Pages lubuntu.net & lubuntu.me VirtualBox is installed on Windows, download the latest version of lubuntu…