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Barcode Bliss - Part II - Sending Feedback to ProGlove Scanners

In the first part of our ProGlove miniseries, we discussed the basics of integrating ProGlove scanners into Peakboard applications. We used both the USB and MQTT modes to get the scan event, along with some metadata. In the third part of the series we will build a full blown use...

I/O, Let's Go - Unleashing the ICP DAS U-7500 series for cool I/O action with OPC UA

{22 Aug 2024}

I/O, Let's Go - Unleashing the ICP DAS U-7500 series for cool I/O action with OPC UA

In a previous article, we discussed an I/O module made by the Taiwan-based company ICP DAS. In today’s article, we will discuss another I/O module from the U-7500 series: the U-7560. It has 6 digital inputs and 6 relay outputs. The main difference is that it supports OPC UA as...

Barcode Bliss - Part I - Integrating ProGlove Scanners with Peakboard

{14 Aug 2024}

Barcode Bliss - Part I - Integrating ProGlove Scanners with Peakboard

ProGlove creates next-generation barcode scanners that are integrated into a glove, so the user can scan barcodes without having to pick up and put down a conventional barcode scanner. The scanner is always “at hand.” For readers who’ve never seen a ProGlove scanner before, here’s what it looks like: In...

I/O, Let's Go - Unleashing the ICP DAS ET-2254 with MQTT and Peakboard

{06 Aug 2024}

I/O, Let's Go - Unleashing the ICP DAS ET-2254 with MQTT and Peakboard

ICP DAS is a Taiwan-based company that sells industrial components for automation. In today’s article, we’ll take a closer look at ET-2254, a 16-channel I/O module that provides digital input and output pins, and comes with a cool MQTT interface that makes it easy to create a stable connection to...

When Boards Meet Wheels - Part II - Navigate wheel.me robots with Peakboard

{28 Jul 2024}

When Boards Meet Wheels - Part II - Navigate wheel.me robots with Peakboard

In the first part of our series on how to build Peakboard applications with wheel.me, we learned how to connect to the wheel.me API and get information about floors, positions, and robots. In this article, we will learn how to move the robots, and how to build a command stand...

SAP on Steroids - 10 Epic Use Cases and how to build them

{21 Jul 2024}

{ SAP }

SAP on Steroids - 10 Epic Use Cases and how to build them

Besides the SQL Server, SAP is the most used data source in Peakboard applications. We already have many SAP articles on this blog. In this article, we’ll list the 10 most common use cases for the SAP data source, and give a quick rundown on how to build them. Of...

Brick by Brick - Writing data back to Databricks from a Peakboard application

{13 Jul 2024}

{ BI & Databases }

Brick by Brick - Writing data back to Databricks from a Peakboard application

A while ago, we discussed how to query data from Databricks. Back then, we used the Databricks extension to call and process a RESTful HTTP endpoint for submitting a SELECT statement to the database. In this article, we will learn how to insert data into a Databricks table. We’ll use...

When Boards Meet Wheels - Part I - How to connect Peakboard and wheel.me robots

{05 Jul 2024}

When Boards Meet Wheels - Part I - How to connect Peakboard and wheel.me robots

Wheel.me is a Norwegian company with a revolutionary concept for building autonomous vehicles. They don’t actually sell an entire vehicle. Instead, they sell four intelligent wheels that can be mounted to all kinds of pallets or other trays, to transport them within a factory. The wheels have access to the...

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 2 - Writing back to TwinCAT PLCs

{26 Jun 2024}

{ Hardware & Sensors • Beckhoff Twincat }

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 2 - Writing back to TwinCAT PLCs

Welcome to the second part of our Beckhoff TwinCAT series. In Part 1 - Connecting TwinCAT PLCs, we discussed the basics of connecting TwinCAT and Peakboard. In today’s article, we will talk about writing back to TwinCAT. Compared to the relatively tricky router / connection task from the first part,...

Brick by Brick - Connecting Databricks and Peakboard

{18 Jun 2024}

{ BI & Databases }

Brick by Brick - Connecting Databricks and Peakboard

Databricks is a California-based BI company. In this article, you’ll learn how to connect Peakboard to Databricks and retrieve some data. Databricks offers a wide array of methods for accessing the data stored inside, in order to support any type of client. Because Peakboard supports ODBC drivers, using ODBC seems...

Catch Me If You Can - The ultimate Guide on how to handle Exceptions in Lua

{11 Jun 2024}

{ LUA }

Catch Me If You Can - The ultimate Guide on how to handle Exceptions in Lua

Things often don’t turn out as we expect them to, and they end up breaking unexpectedly—this is true for everyday life, as well as for software. We won’t deal with real life problems in this article, but we will tackle exceptions in code. When code breaks, we say that an...

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 1 - Connecting TwinCAT PLCs

{03 Jun 2024}

{ Hardware & Sensors • Beckhoff Twincat }

Beckhoff on my mind - Part 1 - Connecting TwinCAT PLCs

TwinCAT is one of the world’s most popular PLCs, made by the German company Beckhoff. This article serves as a basic introduction for connecting Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 to Peakboard applications. We will also cover some basic knowledge about how TwinCAT works in the backend. Installation and first steps In this...

Unlocking Microsoft's Dataverse with Peakboard

{28 May 2024}

{ Best Practice • Office 365 }

Unlocking Microsoft's Dataverse with Peakboard

The backbone of any Dynamics 365 application is Microsoft Dataverse. This is true for standard D365 apps like CRM or Business Central, but also for any kind of Power App. So, Dataverse can be seen as a kind of cloud-based database. This article is a step-by-step guide on how to...

New ways to access SAP - How OData saves the Day in the SAP Soap Opera

{18 May 2024}

{ SAP }

New ways to access SAP - How OData saves the Day in the SAP Soap Opera

In this blog, we’ve talked a lot about how to connect Peakboard and SAP. We’ve always used Peakboard’s built-in SAP integration, which is based on SAP’s RFC protocol. In more than 95% of all cases, this is the best choice for a perfect, smooth, and fast SAP connection. However, there...

Data Deep Dive - Techniques for Mastering Complex JSON and understand that Global Warming is real

{09 May 2024}

{ API • Basics }

Data Deep Dive - Techniques for Mastering Complex JSON and understand that Global Warming is real

Climate change and global warming are real, and anyone who digs into the numbers and facts is often shocked by how clear and obvious it is. We will discuss this in today’s article. We will also learn a nice approach for processing JSON data that seems almost unmanageable at first....

Matryoshka Dolls - Surviving SAP's Multi-Nested RFC Parameters Maze

{01 May 2024}

{ SAP }

Matryoshka Dolls - Surviving SAP's Multi-Nested RFC Parameters Maze

Back in the 90s, calling SAP RFC function modules was pretty straightforward. There were import, export, and table parameters. The imports and exports could either be scalar or structured—and that was the end of the story. Over the years, more complex parameters where pressed into this structure, and “Changings” became...

Modbus Madness - How to address a Modbus RTU sensor from scratch

{24 Apr 2024}

Modbus Madness - How to address a Modbus RTU sensor from scratch

Modbus is a standardized protocol for addressing sensors. It was invented by Schneider Electric back in the late 70s, but is still widely used. In this article, you will learn how to use the Peakboard Modbus data source to address a sensor, get the values, and do something useful with...

Expect the unexpected - How to handle SAP exceptions in LUA scripting

{15 Apr 2024}

{ SAP • LUA }

Expect the unexpected - How to handle SAP exceptions in LUA scripting

As readers of this blog know, we have a lot of articles about SAP. The last one was SAP on fire - how to perfectly integrate LUA scripting with SAP. But there was something missing in that article, which we will discuss now. In this article, we will learn how...

Integrating Node-RED and Peakboard - Part II - Sending Alerts to a Peakboard application

{07 Apr 2024}

{ API • OPC UA & MQTT }

Integrating Node-RED and Peakboard - Part II - Sending Alerts to a Peakboard application

In this two-part article series, we discuss some best practices for integrating Peakboard with Node-RED applications. Most of the time, communication between Node-RED and the outside world happens through MQTT or HTTP. We will use the HTTP option: Part I - Real-time calculator - How to send information from Peakboard...

SAP on fire - how to perfectly integrate LUA scripting with SAP

{31 Mar 2024}

{ SAP • LUA }

SAP on fire - how to perfectly integrate LUA scripting with SAP

Because SAP is one of the top 3 systems used with Peakboard, there are already a lot of SAP articles available on this blog. But those articles cover how to access SAP for reading and writing from a data source. In this article, we will learn how to make sophisticated...

Integrating Node-RED and Peakboard - Part I - Real-time calculator

{23 Mar 2024}

{ API • OPC UA & MQTT }

Integrating Node-RED and Peakboard - Part I - Real-time calculator

In this two-part article series, we discuss some best practices for integrating Peakboard with Node-RED applications. Most of the time, communication between Node-RED and the outside world happens through MQTT or HTTP. We will use the HTTP option: Part I - Real-time calculator - How to send information from Peakboard...

The ultimate SAP Ninja guide on how to handle multiple BAPI returns

{15 Mar 2024}

{ SAP }

The ultimate SAP Ninja guide on how to handle multiple BAPI returns

In an earlier article, we discussed how to build an ideal SAP RFC function modules to be connected to Peakboard. The basic idea is that the RFC has multiple scalar input parameters, and it returns a single table with the payload. This architecture serves the Peakboard side perfectly, because every...

Taming JSON - How to use JPath in Peakboard scripts

{07 Mar 2024}

{ API • Basics • LUA }

Taming JSON - How to use JPath in Peakboard scripts

JSON is the most popular data format for modern web and cloud environments. Peakboard applications often use JSON. For example, when calling an API and processing the response. A good way to extract the desired data from a JSON string is to use a JPath expression, rather than using basic...

Dismantle BAPI_PRODORD_GET_DETAIL - How to get production order details from SAP

{29 Feb 2024}

{ SAP }

Dismantle BAPI_PRODORD_GET_DETAIL - How to get production order details from SAP

Peakboard works well with a lot of things relating to SAP production. In this, article, we will learn how to access the components of a production order in SAP. The term components refers to products that are needed to fulfill a production order, such as: The parts that are needed...

Mastering dynamic file loading - How to load CSV files without knowing their names

{21 Feb 2024}

{ Tutorial • Basics }

Mastering dynamic file loading - How to load CSV files without knowing their names

Loading a CSV file with Peakboard is straightforward—no need to write an article about that. But what about when you don’t know exactly which files to load, or if the data you’re looking for is spread out across multiple files? This is exactly the problem we will be solving today....

Dismantle the smart.click Button - How to build an order and alert system with a narrowband IoT button

{13 Feb 2024}

{ API • Hardware & Sensors • OPC UA & MQTT }

Dismantle the smart.click Button - How to build an order and alert system with a narrowband IoT button

In today’s article, we will discuss narrowband IoT devices. Narrowband IoT devices are usually not connected to any kind of Wi-Fi or local company network. Instead, they use the cellular network to connect to a server. For technical details, see this Wikpedia article on Narrowband IoT. The device we will...

Mastering the Merge - A Guide to Seamless Tableau Integration in Peakboard Applications

{04 Feb 2024}

{ Tutorial • Best Practice • API }

Mastering the Merge - A Guide to Seamless Tableau Integration in Peakboard Applications

Peakboard applications are often used with BI tools. We discussed this topic in this article where we embedded a Power BI map. In today’s article, we will do something similar, but with Tableau. Unlike with Power BI, there isn’t a dedicated control for Tableau dashboards. Instead, we use the HTML...

Dismantle SAP Production - Build a Production Order Confirmation Terminal with no code

{28 Jan 2024}

{ SAP }

Dismantle SAP Production - Build a Production Order Confirmation Terminal with no code

Peakboard is often used with SAP in production environments. One of the most common use cases is building interactive terminals for confirming operations of production orders. An operation of a production order might require multiple confirmations. For example, a confirmation might be needed for starting the operation, submitting an update,...

Reading and writing Sharepoint lists with Graph extension

{20 Jan 2024}

Reading and writing Sharepoint lists with Graph extension

In this article, we will learn how to read and write a Sharepoint list in an Office 365 environment. Before we start, make sure you understand the basics of the MS Graph API extension. Peakboard offers native access to Sharepoint lists. However, the built-in data source does not support multifactor...

Dismantle Hubspot API - Create an interactive form to submit contact data directly to Hubspot by using a REST API

{12 Jan 2024}

{ API }

Dismantle Hubspot API - Create an interactive form to submit contact data directly to Hubspot by using a REST API

Over the past few years, HubSpot has become one of the top tools for marketing automation and sales. A typical use case would be to put all kinds of contacts into HubSpot, which are gathered by the company through various ways. This article shows how to build a self-service form...

Dismantle SAP Production - How to get the next work orders of a workplace by using COOIS transaction in Peakboard

{02 Jan 2024}

{ SAP }

Dismantle SAP Production - How to get the next work orders of a workplace by using COOIS transaction in Peakboard

In another article, we discussed how to get the capacity of a workplace. This article covers a common way to list or process the work orders of a workplace. We will use the data from a transaction COOIS to get the work orders. Technically, we are executing the report behind...

Christmas Special - Michelle's unique Christmas moment generator machine with crazy AI

{15 Dec 2023}

{ API • Crazy AI stuff }

Christmas Special - Michelle's unique Christmas moment generator machine with crazy AI

This article marks the one-year anniversary of this blog! The first article was published in December 2022. Now, 2023 was clearly the year of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). That’s why we’re dedicating this article on to how to use AI. We will build a unique Christmas moment generator...

Dismantle SAP Production - How to determine workplace capacity

{09 Dec 2023}

{ SAP }

Dismantle SAP Production - How to determine workplace capacity

One of the top 5 use cases for Peakboard in production environments is showing the current orders, operations, and load of one or more workplaces. To determine the load of a workplace, we need the capacity that is currently available for that workplace. The best way to get this is...

Table madness - How to modify and reformat rows in a table control dynamically without any code

{01 Dec 2023}

{ Best Practice }

Table madness - How to modify and reformat rows in a table control dynamically without any code

Table controls are the most commonly used controls for displaying table data. However, we often see that designers do not use them to their full potential. Table controls can be customized to make it as easy as possible for end users to find the information they’re looking for. This article...

Dismantle SharePoint - How to use a document library to store technical drawings and download them in Peakboard dynamically

{24 Nov 2023}

{ Best Practice • Office 365 }

Dismantle SharePoint - How to use a document library to store technical drawings and download them in Peakboard dynamically

We often see screens in factories with technical drawings of their products. This is most common in manual/semi-manual production and quality management. Besides purely technical drawings, other unstructured data is also displayed: step-by-step guides, quality check instructions, and other documentation. The de facto standard format for all these documents is...

The badass guide to data handling - Using SQL to aggregate and join Peakboard Hub List data

{14 Nov 2023}

{ SQL Server • Peakboard Hub }

The badass guide to data handling - Using SQL to aggregate and join Peakboard Hub List data

In today’s article, we will learn how to use SQL statements with functions for aggregation and table join, in order to extract data from Peakboard Hub tables. We’ve also covered various topics related to Peakboard Hub lists in other articles (check out the links at the bottom of this page)....

Wake me up before you go - Two cool ways to use Wake-On-Lan to boot a Peakboard Box

{06 Nov 2023}

{ Organisation & Administration }

Wake me up before you go - Two cool ways to use Wake-On-Lan to boot a Peakboard Box

In last week’s article, we learned how to shut down a Peakboard Box. In this article, we will learn how to use Wake-on-Lan (WoL) to boot a Peakboard Box remotely. There are two different methods for doing so. MagicPacket The first method is to use the tool MagicPacket. Microsoft provides...

Bed time stories - Three ways to shut down a Peakboard Box remotely

{29 Oct 2023}

{ Organisation & Administration }

Bed time stories - Three ways to shut down a Peakboard Box remotely

We often see Peakboard Boxes hanging overhead in large factory halls or warehouses. But there’s no need for the boxes to run 24/7. You should turn them off when you don’t need them. In this article, we cover three cool ways to shut down a Peakboard box without pulling the...

Peakboard BYOD - The beginner's guide to BYOD setup

{19 Oct 2023}

{ Organisation & Administration • Best Practice }

Peakboard BYOD - The beginner's guide to BYOD setup

For years, the physical, black box has been the definitive symbol for Peakboard. But by the end of 2023, Peakboard will offer a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) edition. In this article, we will learn how to use our own device as a standalone runtime instance for Peakboard BYOD. To download the binaries,...

MS Graph API - Access the company's room calendars

{11 Oct 2023}

MS Graph API - Access the company's room calendars

In this article, we will learn how to use Microsoft’s Graph API to integrate room calendars into Peakboard. We will create a dashboard that lets the user select a room, and then displays the events of that room. Here’s what the finished dashboard looks like. Notice how the list of...

Card Caravan - Bringing Peakboard and Trello together

{04 Oct 2023}

{ API }

Card Caravan - Bringing Peakboard and Trello together

Trello is an online, collaborative list-making tool. In this article, we will learn how to create a Peakboard dashboard that can display and modify Trello lists. Here is an outline of what we will do in this article: Get an API key and token from Trello. Our Peakboard Box needs...

{27 Sep 2023}

{ Peakboard Hub }

Peakboard Hub Online - Bring your boxes into the cloud

In this article, we will learn how to add a Peakboard Box to Peakboard Hub Online (PBHO). That way, we’ll be able to manage and monitor the Box in PBHO. Here is an overview of the steps we will take: Connect the Box to the cloud. This will allow PBHO...

Peakboard Hub Online - Use lists to store sensor data

{19 Sep 2023}

{ Peakboard Hub • Hardware & Sensors }

Peakboard Hub Online - Use lists to store sensor data

In this article, we will learn how to use lists in Peakboard Hub Online (PBHO). We will learn how to write data to a list, how to read data from a list, and how to aggregate data from a list. The data we will use is sensor data from an...

Understanding locks when using SQL Server to store fast changing machine or sensor data

{12 Sep 2023}

{ SQL Server • Best Practice }

Understanding locks when using SQL Server to store fast changing machine or sensor data

In the realm of database management systems, concurrency control plays a vital role in ensuring data integrity and consistent query results. This article explains how locks in SQL Server databases work, particularly in scenarios where simultaneous reads and writes occur. Additionally, it explores the application of the WITH (NOLOCK) hint...

{05 Sep 2023}

{ Peakboard Hub }

Peakboard Hub Online - An introduction for complete beginners

Peakboard recently launched Peakboard Hub Online, a SaaS version of Peakboard Hub. Peakboard Hub used to be only available as an on-premises product. But with the launch of Peakboard Hub Online, you can now choose which version you want to use. In this article, we will learn how to get...

Using Matomo's Reporting API with XML processing

{29 Aug 2023}

{ API • Basics }

Using Matomo's Reporting API with XML processing

Besides Google Analytics, Matomo is the gold standard when it comes to tracking and analyzing visitor behavior on a website. This article provides a short introduction to the Matomo Reporting API. This API provides access to the analytics data through different layers of aggregation. The best way to access these...

Farm like a boss - Monitoring soil humidity with the new Peakboard Edge 2 box

{21 Aug 2023}

Farm like a boss - Monitoring soil humidity with the new Peakboard Edge 2 box

In fall 2023, a new version of the Peakboard Edge box was released. Version 1 was released in 2019 and only allows for very simple sensors with an on/off state (e.g. light sensors). Edge 2 allows for and fully supports analogue sensors that operate in a certain range. This article...

Dismantle O365 group calendars with MS Graph API

{12 Aug 2023}

{ MS Graph API • API • Office 365 }

Dismantle O365 group calendars with MS Graph API

This article covers a common use case when using MS Graph API with Peakboard: accessing and processing calendar event data. We will also learn how to use the $filter parameter in the Graph API. Please make sure to read through the basics of using MS Graph API in Peakboard: MS...

How to measure the heartbeat of a fridge - Best practice for handling continuous sensor data

{02 Aug 2023}

How to measure the heartbeat of a fridge - Best practice for handling continuous sensor data

With a regular fridge, you can gain insights into the power consumption of everyday household appliances. Today, we will look at how to measure and visualize the power consumption of a fridge, using Peakboard. To take the measurements, we use the same Shelly plug we that we discussed a couple...

MS Graph API - Show user's online status by getting it with a POST call

{21 Jul 2023}

{ MS Graph API • API • Office 365 }

MS Graph API - Show user's online status by getting it with a POST call

This article covers a nice use case for MS Graph: list all the users of a tenant who are currently active or online. At the same time, it’s also a nice example on how to combine two different API calls that are dependant on each other. Please make sure to...

MS Graph API - Send messages to Teams group

{11 Jul 2023}

MS Graph API - Send messages to Teams group

Teams is one of the best communication tools for companies. This article explains how to send a Teams message from a Peakboard application using the MS Graph API. Please make sure to read through the basics of using MS Graph API in Peakboard: MS Graph API - Understand the basis...

{02 Jul 2023}

{ MS Graph API }

MS Graph API - Use reports to show company email usage statistics

Graph API offers a ton of monitoring reports that give system admins insights into their Office 365 tenant. Please find the official documentation here. In today’s article, we will take a look at a report that lists the aggregated Outlook activity per day, for an entire organisation. Here’s the relevant...

How to build a perfect RFC function module to use in Peakboard

{23 Jun 2023}

{ SAP }

How to build a perfect RFC function module to use in Peakboard

Within the available Peakboard connectors, there are multiple options for accessing different SAP objects: reports, MDX, BAPI/function modules, tables, queries, etc. The right one to use often depends on what is already there and what the customer is able to build on their own. For example: When you already have...

MS Graph API - Understand the basics and get started

{09 Jun 2023}

MS Graph API - Understand the basics and get started

This article covers the basics of using the MS Graph API with Peakboard. It’s boring, but it’s necessary. Sorry for this. The extension As of June 2023, Peakboard doesn’t support Graph calls natively, but there is an extension that adds this functionality. Please check out the extension’s website to find...

OPC UA Basics - Calling functions in OPC UA to turn the AC on and off

{01 Jun 2023}

{ OPC UA & MQTT • Tutorial }

OPC UA Basics - Calling functions in OPC UA to turn the AC on and off

In this article, we learned how to subscribe to OPC UA nodes and process the incoming values. The example was based on an A/C that provided several values, like the temperature and power consumption. Make sure to read that article first, because today we will learn how to switch the...

How to handle historian machine state data in SQL queries and turn it into useful information with the LEAD command

{23 May 2023}

{ Basics • SQL Server }

How to handle historian machine state data in SQL queries and turn it into useful information with the LEAD command

In this article, we learned how to store historical events in a SQL Server database. Every time a state changes, a new row is created with the timestamp and the name of the new state. As you can see in the sample data, there are two drilling machines switching between...

OPC UA Basics - Getting started with a public OPC UA server

{15 May 2023}

{ OPC UA & MQTT }

OPC UA Basics - Getting started with a public OPC UA server

OPC UA may be a complicated topic, but if you’re new to OPC UA, this article is the perfect starting point. Minimum requirements except for having the Peakboard Designer installed: Nothing! You can start right away, because we’re using an OPC UA server that is available to the public. Check...

Use Conditional Formatting with icons for machine states - no scripts, no code

{08 May 2023}

{ Basics }

Use Conditional Formatting with icons for machine states - no scripts, no code

We saw in another article how we can collect, store, and monitor the state of an artefact (machine, person, etc.) with a SQL Server database. But of course, the goal is to give the end user clear and useful information about that state. So, this article explains a very simple,...

Store machine states in SQL Server and build a data historian (best practice)

{01 May 2023}

{ SQL Server • Best Practice }

Store machine states in SQL Server and build a data historian (best practice)

What are machine states and why would I want to build a data historian? It is common to use Peakboard to collect various states for artefacts. This includes the state of a machine (running, stopped), the state of person (working, having a break), or the state of a door (open,...

Best Practice - Use Power BI for integrating maps

{24 Apr 2023}

{ Tutorial • Best Practice • Office 365 }

Best Practice - Use Power BI for integrating maps

A lot of people use Peakboard as a medium to integrate Power BI dashboards with other data, and create a dashboard that mashes up both non-Power-BI with Power-BI visuals and data. In today’s article, we will see how to do just that. We will build a Power BI report with...

{10 Apr 2023}

{ Best Practice • Basics }

Dismantle Number Value Formatting

Please note, that the content of this article might not be aligned with the latest version of Pakboard designer or runtime but applies to an older version Displaying numbers in the correct format is one of the fundamental tasks of building a board. The basic features of number formatting in...

Fun with n8n.io - Catch a Zendesk ticket and use complex MQTT to process it in Peakboard

{27 Mar 2023}

{ Tutorial • OPC UA & MQTT }

Fun with n8n.io - Catch a Zendesk ticket and use complex MQTT to process it in Peakboard

This article combines several technologies and explains how to use them. Here’s the goal: Every time a ticket is created in Zendesk, it should be sent to a Peakboard announcement board informing the viewer about the new ticket. Here are the steps to do it, with the help of n8n.io:...

Load dynamic images and build your own weather widget with weatherapi.com

{13 Mar 2023}

{ API • Basics }

Load dynamic images and build your own weather widget with weatherapi.com

There are countless services on the internet that provide weather information, either as a widget or as an API. In this article, we will learn how to use weatherapi.com. They offer a free plan to get basic weather information from any location in the world. If you want to follow...

ByeBye Paper - Going paperless with Peakboard, SAP, and Woutex e-Ink Displays

{01 Mar 2023}

{ Hardware & Sensors • SAP }

ByeBye Paper - Going paperless with Peakboard, SAP, and Woutex e-Ink Displays

Peakboard applications are often used in paperless environments. But what if a piece of paper is necessary to identify a pallet, a package, or a warehouse bin? One answer is to use a paperless e-ink display. In this article, you will learn how to transfer data from a Peakboard app...

Pimp my GETT - How to integrate the GETT Blackline Smart Panel PC with Peakboard

{01 Mar 2023}

Pimp my GETT - How to integrate the GETT Blackline Smart Panel PC with Peakboard

Since the official release of Peakboard BYOD in 2023 more and more Peakboard users install the BYOD runtime on their own devices. This is espcially popular in environments with special needs for certain types of screen other than than regular consumer screens - e.g. in food production or under other...

Barcode Bliss - Part III - Bringing ProGlove and SAP together - Transfer Order Use Case

{01 Mar 2023}

Barcode Bliss - Part III - Bringing ProGlove and SAP together - Transfer Order Use Case

In part one and part two of our ProGlove mini-series, we discussed the basics of integrating ProGlove scanners into Peakboard applications. We used both the USB and MQTT modes to get the scan event and related metadata. We also discussed options to send feedback to the scanner operator, such as...

I/O, Let's go - Understanding the Advantech WISE-4012 module and use Peakboard to do some magic with it

{01 Mar 2023}

{ Hardware & Sensors • OPC UA & MQTT • API }

I/O, Let's go - Understanding the Advantech WISE-4012 module and use Peakboard to do some magic with it

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed two I/O modules provided by ICP DAS: the ET-2254 and the U-7560M. In this article, we’ll take a look at the Advantech WISE-4012. This module provides a network connection via Wi-Fi. It offers two digital-only outputs and four analog/digital inputs. We will look...

Building an emergency button with Shelly Button1 and MQTT

{27 Feb 2023}

Building an emergency button with Shelly Button1 and MQTT

In another article, we talked about some basics around Shelly products. In this article, we will use a Shelly Button1 to build an alarming system. The button press can send two levels of emergency to a Peakboard application, and then reset to a normal state. In a professional environment, it...

Fun with Shelly Plug S - Switching Power on and off

{09 Feb 2023}