Introduction to Lora Server Platform IoT LoRaWAN

Loraserver is a project started in 2015, it is an open source LoRaWAN server, the project provides the components to create LPWAN networks based on LoRaWAN, it includes a user-friendly web interface and the gRPC and REST APIs, each component or module is configurable and they also allow exchange according to the needs of their…

Manage 100 devices in Ubidots Apps, Organizations, Roles and Users

In this opportunity I have decided to test the practicality of the IoT platform Ubidots for user management in the case that it has many devices for several organizations or companies under the same Ubidots platform. More information: ubidots.com In previous tutorials we made the creation of a device configuration and design of a dashboard.  In previous tests…

Complete installation Grafana Dashboard in Raspberry Pi 3 B / B +

  About 2 years ago I made the first tests with Grafana using an ESP8266-01 module, Node-RED, Mosquitto (MQTT) and the InfluxDB database, by that time I did very basic tests which document in the following article: Tutorial ESP8266 Node-RED Granafa InfluxDB MQTT, in this opportunity I will try to explore more features since there is…

Measurement Electrical consumption with Ubidots Industrial & ESP32 + PZEM-004T

On this occasion I have proposed to measure the electricity consumption of my entire house to make comparative estimates with the collection of my energy bill and analyze. On this occasion I will use the IoT platform Ubidots in its Industrial version, previously we had done tests with the educational version, but this industrial version has special…

Gateway LoRaWan ESP8266 & RFM95 (ESP-LoRa) 915mHz single channel with The Things Network

For a few weeks I have tested with LoRa technology, we have also heard about LoRaWAN, some time later we created an account on the TTN Platform or “The Things Network”, applied especially to these LP-WAN networks, for this new tutorial we will create a gateway LoRaWAN using an ESP8266 module and a Radio Modem RFM95/95W at…

Complete Installation Node-RED in Raspberry Pi

In this opportunity I will realize the installation of Node-RED in my Raspberry Pi, in case you have not heard about Node-RED, it is a tool for programming and connection of applications for the IoT or Internet of things, integrates protocols, API’S, hardware and software, has a web IDE for connection of nodes in flow mode.    …

Meter PZEM-004 + ESP8266 & Platform IoT Ubidots

In this opportunity we will integrate our active power meter or power consumption, Peacefair Pzem-004 with the IoT Ubidots platform using an ESP8266 module, later we will create a dashboard to visualize the 4 available variables such as active power, accumulated electrical consumption, voltage and current . Update Ubidots Libraries V3.0.0 for ESP8266 modules I…

Alexa Amazon Echo Dot First Steps and Settings

For a long time I wanted to try one of these Amazon Echo and a few weeks ago mine arrived, but what is it and what can be done with them? let’s configure and test a little. Amazon Echo is a smart speaker with additional functions such as the ability to send voice commands, ask…

Introduction and Create account in Platform The Things Network IoT LoRaWAN

In this opportunity we will create an account in the platform The Things Network and we will make a brief introduction, TTN a good initiative to build a network for the internet of things or “IoT”. The Things Network has implemented the LoRaWAN technology, which has 3 important characteristics LoRaWAN is technically a standard protocol…