12 posts tagged with “balenafin”

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Why is the balenaFin right for fleet owners? Part 3: Networking

This is the third in a series of posts about the key features that make the balenaFin the right choice for IoT fleet owners. For those who aren’t familiar with the balenaFin, you can take a look at this introductory post. We’ve divided the series into three posts that cover the main categories: storage, power and networking. When it comes time to choose an IoT device for professional workloads…

November 16, 2020 / 6 min

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Fixing the balenaFin high-temp issue, the DIY way

A few weeks back, we announced our decision to recall our v1.1 balenaFins due to a USB issue at high temperatures, along with an in-depth explanation of the issue. We offer free repair for any customer that has purchased a v1.1 balenaFin, and many of our customers have already gone through the process. But since we're also tinkerers ourselves, there's no denying the thrill of being able to fix…

September 27, 2020 / 2 min

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Root-cause analysis of the balenaFin high-temperature USB issue

Earlier today, we announced our decision to recall all v1.1 balenaFins due to a USB malfunction at high temperatures. If you think your balenaFin might be affected, please follow the instructions outlined here. This issue prevents affected balenaFins from accessing any USB peripherals when the ambient temperature rises above 45-50°C (113-132°F). It also means that those devices relying on…

August 13, 2020 / 10 min

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Why is the balenaFin right for fleet owners? Part 2: Power

This is the second of a series of posts about the key features that make the balenaFin the right choice for fleet owners. For all those who are not familiar with the balenaFin, you can take a look at this introductory post. We’ve divided the series into three posts that cover the main categories: storage, power and networking. This post is focused on power, more specifically, why input power is…

September 01, 2019 / 8 min

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Install a balenaFin outdoors, for use as a LoRa gateway, flight tracker, weather station and more!

Back in May we looked at deploying the software to run a balenaFin as a TTN LoRa Gateway, today we’re working on the natural progression from this; mounting the hardware up a mast and making the installation more permanent. The techniques we look at here will allow us to install hardware in a weatherproof enclosure outdoors which can then be used for a variety of applications such as the planned…

August 26, 2019 / 12 min

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Why is the balenaFin right for fleet owners? Part 1: Storage

This is the first of a series of posts about the key features that make the balenaFin the right choice for fleet owners. For all those who are not familiar with the balenaFin, you can take a look at this introductory post. We’ve divided the series into three posts that cover the main categories: storage, power and networking. In this post we’re going to look specifically at the points to consider…

June 25, 2019 / 7 min

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Build a TTN LoRa Gateway with balenaFin and balenaCloud

Depecration notice During 2021 The Things Network is moving to The Things Stack (V3). If you plan to deploy a LoRaWAN gateway with The Things Network and balena, you should consider to deploy the Basics Station LoRaWAN gateway running with The Things Stack. If your LoRa concentrator is USB-based and you would like to run it with balenaFin, contact us. We’ve taken a look at deploying a gateway for…

May 13, 2019 / 9 min

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How we develop balenaCloud, using balenaCloud

In this post, we'll show you how we use our own platform to build our infrastructure and provide our engineering team with a reliable development environment. Find out how we optimised and refined the configuration of our software stack so the entire balenaCloud platform can run on balenaCloud and even on the balenaFin. Project BoB - Meta-Platforming Ourselves About a year ago, I was chatting with…

March 28, 2019 / 12 min

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The balenaFin v1.1 available to order, featuring dual camera support, PoE, and more!

Today is an exciting day for the balena team as we officially release the balenaFin, our carrier board designed for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 & 3+! The announcement coincides with the launch of the v1.1 revision, featuring many improvements to the original v1.0 board we and our customers have been working with for the past 9 months. To top it off, we're making the first 100 v1.1 developer…

February 11, 2019 / 6 min

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Create a GPS tracking system with cell connectivity and minimal bandwidth

In this tutorial, we're going to build a GPS tracking system using a balenaFin board, balenaCloud and a Hologram SIM card. This post outlines the steps to create a GPS tracking system, a useful project in its own right, but also a great way to experience a few features rolling out soon in the balena ecosystem. Follow along as we go step-by-step through the entire process of setting everything up…

November 13, 2018 / 11 min

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How to keep your device up and running during power outages

Deploying an Internet-of-Things (IoT) project to production can involve various complex and unexpected problems, such as firmware updates, system reliability and many more. By using balenaCloud to deploy and manage your fleet, most of these headaches can be avoided. However, if your device loses power, there is very little we can do to ensure the device remains operating and online. With that in…

October 24, 2018 / 6 min

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Introducing Project Fin: a board for fleet owners

Update February 2023: On February 1st 2023 we made the decision to cease manufacturing the balenaFin due to production and supply chain challenges, the balenaFin design files have been released to the public and will be available indefinitely. You can find the source files here. Update February 2019: we have now officially launched the balenaFin v1.1 - read the announcement here or buy now Today…

March 19, 2018 / 6 min