blynk presentation
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Blynk
Davide Meacci, La Sapienza
Pervasive Systems Individual Project:
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Blynk is a Platform with iOS and Android apps to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi and the likes over the Internet.
What is Blynk?
It's a digital dashboard where you can build a graphic interface for your project by simply dragging and dropping widgets.
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But most importantly...
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It is really simple!To set up all the required environment (Server, Client and Board) 5 minutes are more than enough.
Now, a lil’ bit of history...
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16 January 2015 14 February 2015 27 March 2015 12 May 2015
Start! Successfully raised $49,235 USD
Beta release
Live
What devices are supported?
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- Arduino (and the likes)
- Energia
- Particle
- ARM mbed (soon)
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● Arduino (https://github.com/blynkkk/blynk-library)
○ Uno, Duemilanove (select "UNO" in the list, not the "Due")
○ Nano, Mini, Pro Mini, Pro Micro, Due, Mega○ Arduino 101○ Arduino MKR1000○ Arduino Yún (onboard WiFi and Ethernet, via Bridge)
● Arduino-like
○ ESP8266 (running standalone, using https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino)
○ Intel Edison○ Intel Galileo○ LinkIt ONE○ Wicked WildFire (CC3000)○ TinyCircuits TinyDuino (CC3000)○ LightBlue Bean , soon
● Energia
○ Texas Instruments■ CC3200-LaunchXL■ Tiva C Connected LaunchPad■ Stellaris LM4F120 LaunchPad
○ RedBearLab (CC3200, WiFi Mini)● Particle (formerly Spark: https://github.
com/vshymanskyy/blynk-library-spark)
○ Core○ Photon○ RedBear Duo
● ARM mbed (soon)
○ Seeed Tiny BLE○ RedBearLab BLE Nano○ BBC Micro:bit
See full list on Blynk website
How it connects?
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- Ethernet
- WiFi
- Bluetooth LE
- Serial USB
- 3G
What can i do with it?
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Everything (regarding IoT)
How it works?
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- Blynk App
- Blynk Server
- Blynk Libraries
There are three major components in the platform:
How it works?
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Main Operations
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- Interact with Pins (Digital and Analog)
- Send and Receive data from Hardware
How?
Blynk allows us to:
… with Widgets!
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- Controllers- Displays- Notifications- Others
4 main types:
Common widget settings
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- Pin setup (Analog/digital)
- Data Mapping
- Split/Merge
Controllers
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- Button
- Slider
- Timer
- Joystick
Displays
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- Display
- LED
- Graph
- LCD
- Gauge
Notifications and Other
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- Bridge
Is it possible to run a local server?
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The answer, of course, is YES.
1. download the Web-server from the Website2. start the server locally3. set up Router to enable port-forwarding4. Set the server from the Blynk App
Pros and Cons
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PROS: CONS:
- easy & simple
- many features
- no additional hardware
- cool GUI
- active community
- lack of documentation for some devices
- not made to implement complex proejcts
- can’t make own widgets
Questions?
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Thank You!
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