As I wrote in a previous post, a simple Arduino board like the Uno lacks the horsepower required to run an SSL stack that could be used to secure HTTP communications. However, Arduino has more sophisticated boards that can solve this problem. Today I would like to have a look at the Arduino Yun, a very sophisticated, yet tiny board.
more...I recently worked with a partner who wanted to manage Blob snapshots from a Linux machine, mostly to create, delete and restore snapshots of Virtual Hard Drives. However it turns out we do not yet have any snapshotting commands in the Azure cross-platform CLI. So I came up with a little Python sample that shows how to use the Storage API from the Python Azure SDK to implement a simple snapshot utility.
more...In this post, I would like to show you how you can easily use Azure Mobile Services to connect your Arduino Uno device to the Cloud. Mobile Services, as its name implies, is intended to provide a scalable and secure backend for mobile applications running on any platform. While we do provide SDKs for all major platforms, we do not have something you can use out of the box from an Arduino. However, as I will show you in this article, you can start using Mobile Services from your Arduino with just a few lines of code.
more...I am starting a new series revolving around applications for connected devices, as part of my ongoing focus on Internet Of Things (IOT). The first thing I have tried is to connect various hardware prototyping boards to the cloud, in order to get an idea of the possibilities and challenges. I wanted to use a hardware platform that is common and easy to use, and like many others I picked Arduino boards to get started, plus my trusted Raspberry Pi – but the Pi is so powerful it’s not even funny!
more...Well, this is the first post on my brand new Jekyll-powered blog, hosted on GitHub Pages.
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