In the first major update of 2025, the Peakboard dev team added a new series of Office 365 data sources. Office 365 has become increasingly important as a backend for many companies, with many different use cases. In today’s article, we’ll discuss how to read and write SharePoint lists from...
A few weeks ago, we discussed how to print with Peakboard. We learned how to use the POS printer extension and how to use the simplified internal commands to send ESC/POS commands to the printer. In this article, we will deepen our understanding with the following:
Welcome to the third part of our Peakboard Hub API series. To learn the basics, like how to get an API key and access token, see our getting started article. A common use case for Peakboard Hub is using the Hub for data storage. That’s why the Hub API has...
On this blog, we often discuss how Peakboard application can communicate with hardware components that are used in manufacturing and logistics. In today’s article, we’ll take a detailed look at a pick-by-light system from Captron. Captron is a German manufacturer based in the beautiful state of Bavaria, Southern Germany. One...
On this blog, we’ve explored many projects that use MQTT to communicate between Peakboard apps and sensors and other hardware and software entities. MQTT is a nice and easy option to couple all these entities together. Especially because there’s no need for the entities to “know” each other. They just...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...