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February 13, 2025 • 3 mins read

Elevate Your Workflow - Building a Next-Gen Continuous Improvement Board with Office 365 To Do

With the new Office 365 data sources, introduced by the Peakboard dev team in early 2025, you can access Microsoft To Do with just a few clicks. In this article, you will learn how to set up the Office 365 To Do data source. We will build a standard board...

February 04, 2025 • 4 mins read

Cloud to Factory - Building an Azure Logic App to Access Peakboard Boxes with Peakboard Hub

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With Peakboard Hub Online, it’s easy to connect cloud apps and services to applications that run in a worker’s workplace in a factory. That’s one of the main benefits of connecting Peakboard Boxes to the Hub. In this article, we’ll explain how to use an Azure logic app to build...

Cloud to Factory - Building an Azure Logic App to Access Peakboard Boxes with Peakboard Hub

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January 28, 2025 • 5 mins read

The Art of Printing - Getting started with label printing on Seiko SLP720RT

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In industrial applications, Peakboard Boxes are often connected to other devices. This is true for large manufacturing machines and conveyor systems, but also for smaller devices like printers. We’ve discussed how to use Peakboard with e-ink displays, but we often still find printed tags, papers, and labels in modern logistics...

January 19, 2025 • 9 mins read

Sssslithering Through APIs - Python Unleashed for Peakboard Hub

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A couple of weeks ago, we gave an introduction to the Peakboard Hub API. We also have a guide for using the API to manage lists in Peakboard Hub. This article is all about using the Peakboard Hub API in Python. Let’s get started. Authentication Here’s how to handle Peakboard...

January 12, 2025 • 4 mins read

Getting started with the new Office 365 Data Sources

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Over a year ago, we published a series of articles about the Microsoft Graph API. We used the Graph API to access different objects from Office 365: calendars, SharePoint lists, Teams chats, and more. In early 2025, Peakboard introduced new data sources that allow you access Office 365 objects without...

January 03, 2025 • 7 mins read

Cracking the code - Part II - Calling functions remotely by using Peakboard Hub API

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In our first article about the Peakboard Hub API, we discussed how to get an API key, establish a connection to the Hub, and get information about the boxes that are connected to the hub. In today’s article, we will discuss how to call shared, public functions on a box...

December 19, 2024 • 4 mins read

Iterating Through 2024 - The Year in Debug Mode

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The year is almost over, and it’s time to take a step back and reflect. In 2024, more than 50 articles were published on this beautiful blog site—most of them inspired by readers who continue to ask questions and suggest new topics. I want to express my heartfelt thanks for...

December 11, 2024 • 3 mins read

Cam like a Bosch - Part II - Integrate Cam Images and Streams into Peakboard Applications

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A couple of weeks ago, we discussed how to use the Bosch security cam to monitor the occupancy level of a parking lot. In today’s article, we’ll discuss how to integrate the camera image into a Peakboard application. There are two different methods: Regularly download and refresh a web image....

December 03, 2024 • 6 mins read

How to use RFC_READ_TEXT to handle SAP production order operation texts with Peakboard

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SAP connectivity is a big topic on this blog—especially when it comes to production and production planning. In this article, we’ll take a look at long texts. The term “long text” refers to a pattern that is used in many SAP contexts and business objects. A long text lets you...

November 25, 2024 • 4 mins read

I/O, Let's Go - Going crazy for Pepperl+Fuchs IO-Link-Master ICE2-8IOL-G65L-V1D

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In this blog, we’ve discussed a few different ways to integrate sensors into a Peakboard application. You can see an overview of these articles in The hitchhiker’s guide to I/O devices. In today’s article, we’ll take a look at a sophisticated and slightly more expensive type of I/O module—an IO-Link...

November 17, 2024 • 8 mins read

Cracking the code - Part I - Getting started with Peakboard Hub API

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Since its official release in 2022, Peakboard Hub has become more and more popular among customers. Initially, it was only designed to be an administration interface for environments with 20+ boxes. Since then, many more functions have been added, and there’s also a SaaS offering for customers who don’t want...

November 09, 2024 • 4 mins read

Cam like a Bosch - Part I - Integrate Bosch security cam AI features with Peakboard

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The German company Bosch offers an innovative camera called FLEXIDOME indoor 5100i IR - 8MP. Not only is it a normal security camera, but it also comes with a couple of interesting AI features for monitoring public spaces. The camera can detect objects that are in its view. For example,...

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