Now that we have a private blockchain infrastructure, let’s write our first Smart Contract! First, a few words about what I would like to achieve based on the scenario I described before…
more...As part of exploring the blockchain technology, and specifically the Ethereum ecosystem, I have settled on an IoT-related use case around solar energy grids. You can read more background in the first article in this series.
more...The blockchain has become a hot topic lately, with customers and partners in all sectors scrambling to experiment how the technology could impact their business. I wanted to get my hands dirty with a little prototype that I could demo, and decided to combine new hype with the old with a use case that marries the blockchain with the Internet of Things.
more...Azure IoT Hub has had MQTT support for a little while now, as documented in this article: IoT Hub MQTT support. However it might sometimes be tricky to figure out how to use this information with currently available MQTT libraries. Here are a couple tips & tricks and code samples to get you started.
more...A little while ago I published a post (in French) about interfacing with the Jeedom home automation server. But I wanted to be able to plug a bit deeper into the software, so I could collect all device events and send them to IoT Hub, without having to use any external tricks. Jeedom being written in PHP, that means I would need a PHP library that I can use to send telemetry data.
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