Here’s a question that comes up surprisingly often: Can we show a Peakboard dashboard in a web browser without installing anything on the viewer’s machine? The answer is yes, and the secret ingredient is Apache Guacamole, a clientless remote desktop gateway that turns any RDP session into a browser-accessible HTML5...
Let’s be honest, clicking through installation wizards is nobody’s idea of a good time. Doing it once is fine, but doing it ten times across ten machines on a Monday morning? That’s where the command line comes to the rescue. Both the Peakboard Designer and the BYOD Runtime come as...
Peakboard applications are designed to run on tablets, on a Peakboard Box connected to a touch screen, or on other industrial PCs. In all of these scenarios, they are typically the sole application on the machine, running in full screen mode. The user usually doesn’t know or see that there...
The long-awaited Peakboard version 4.2 is finally here! Let’s take a look at the most important features: Parameterized data flows Nested styled lists Camera integration Performance improvements OPC UA Functions and complex nodes Let’s explore how these features work! Parameterized Data Flows Since their introduction more than three years ago,...
With the new version 4.1, the Peakboard Dev team introduced a whole new level of debugging for Peakboard applications. Up to this point, debugging mainly relied on log messages. These are generated automatically by the Peakboard Runtime Engine for almost any activity and, of course, for any errors that occur....
The long-awaited Peakboard version 4.1 is finally here! It was released on October 20, 2025, and it contains the most amount of bug fixes and improvements out of any update so far. But more importantly, it comes with five big new features: BACnet data source Peakbot AI Hub files data...
Every Peakboard application and Peakboard Flow is a development artifact that should be managed properly. This means providing documentation for them and using a version control system to keep track of changes. When it comes to documentation, a Peakboard project (an application or a Flow) includes built-in documentation, like description...
Peakboard has become the ultimate data visualization platform for industrial workplaces. Peakboard connects to a wide variety of data sources and offers fast and simple application development. But until now, not many individual users have tried the Peakboard platform—because its price point was higher than free alternatives like Node-RED and...
The Peakboard Box is designed to start working as soon as you take it out of the box and connect it to power and a network. The Peakboard runtime is designed to run securely on the Peakboard Box’s hardware. All non-essential software components are switched off or put into hibernation....
Building a Peakboard application is easy and straightforward. But usually, as the scope increases, people from different parts of the company start getting involved—different departments and geographical locations. In this case, there are some best practices and patterns for enterprise to consider. In this article, we’ll discuss how to build...
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...
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...
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,...
In this week’s article we take apart a term that turns up in almost every procurement conversation but rarely gets explained properly: data sovereignty. It sounds like a polite synonym for data protection, but it isn’t quite that. Sovereignty is about control - who decides where our data is created,...
Peakboard version 4.3 has landed, and it brings a mix of powerful new capabilities and thoughtful refinements that make building and managing Peakboard applications smoother than ever. From AI-assisted vibe coding to reusable custom components, from a revamped dataflow editor to smarter image handling, this release is all about letting...
How do you manage and organise Peakboard boxes throughout a large organsation, across different teams of content creators, technical admins, and physical locations? Of course, you don’t want to send out box credentials to all stakeholders. This article is here to help you understand some basic concepts in using Peakboard...