3 posts authored by “Ayan Pahwa”

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How to log sensor values to Notion using balena - a basic habit and environment tracking app

We're well into 2022, and I hope you all are on track toward hitting your ambitious goals out there. I know I am. I'm keeping my momentum going by showing you all how to use the Notion API to log weather and sensor data coming in from one of my balena devices. Notion Meets Physical Computing I'll walk through a bit of why I decided to build this. If you're here for the build steps, go ahead and…

February 24, 2022 / 10 min

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Create a fleet of centrally-managed Bluetooth low-energy(ble) beacons with ble-lighthouse and balena

Low-energy Bluetooth beacons bridge the physical and the digital world. Whether it’s navigating indoor devices or broadcasting sensor information in a connectionless state, beacons have efficiently enabled the Internet of Things(IoT) to be part of many use cases. Introducing ble-lighthouse, the best way to build fleets of Bluetooth low-energy beacons As a part of my balenaLabs Residency, I decided…

January 26, 2022 / 8 min

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Interfacing balena edge devices with AdafruitIO

If you’re someone like me who can solder wires together, and knows how to program a single board computer to blink addressable LEDs, but always struggles when it comes to creating a beautiful front-end user interface to control them over the web, this blog post is for you. Learn how to use AdafruitIO to interface with balena devices Let’s explore how to interface edge devices on balena using…

January 06, 2022 / 7 min