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Arduino Cloud Mobile Dashboards

You’ve now got a way to optimize your Arduino Cloud dashboards for small screens, and Facebook login for the smartphone apps and your account. It’s been a busy few weeks! Only yesterday we rolled out LoRaWAN connectivity in Arduino Cloud using The Things Stack. Now we’ve even more great features to tell you about, so let’s jump right into them.

Mobile Optimized Dashboards for Arduino Cloud

Dashboards are one of Arduino Cloud’s crowning achievements. Fully customizable, and a powerful way to control boards, devices and projects, while also letting you visualize all kinds of data. It really is a cornerstone of Arduino Cloud’s offering.

A little while ago we made some changes to widget sizes, and the way they’re labelled. It gave you a much better view of the data, and made the sizing more compact. This was the first step in a redesign of Arduino Cloud dashboards that now let us improve visibility on small screens, too. 

As you probably know, your dashboards instantly work in the free Arduino IoT Remote app, too. It gives you smartphone control with no coding required. Today this great feature gets a shot in the arm, as you can now edit a dashboard’s layout for a mobile screen.

Arduino Cloud Mobile Dashboards

Let’s say you add a button to a new dashboard. You can now increase its size on the big screen, but reduce its size on the mobile layout. They can be in totally different positions, too. Arduino Cloud will automatically display the dashboard in the optimal size depending on your device. So you always get the best view and most ergonomic layout.

Any settings for the widgets are maintained regardless of the dashboard size. So if you link the button to a variable on the desktop dashboard, it’s also linked for the mobile layout. This way, you can optimize the layout without having to replicate any work in the settings.

At the top of the dashboard screen, you’ll now see a mobile layout button. This lets you switch between views, so you can customize the dashboard for both screen sizes. It’s available right now, so go give it a try.

Facebook Login for Arduino Cloud

Since we’re talking about Arduino Cloud updates for small screens, we also added another minor, but very useful tweak.

You can already log into your Arduino Cloud account using Google or Apple accounts. Or your Arduino account, obviously. There’s now the option to log in by connecting to Facebook, too.

It speeds up the process by only requiring a quick button click/tap, so you can get on with building those awesome mobile dashboards even faster!

As always, we want to hear your thoughts on these changes, so please let us know over on social media.

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Arduino Cloud Widgets and historical data downloads

Arduino Cloud’s dashboards and widgets are some of its most popular features. It’s what turns the Cloud into your ultimate control center for all kinds of projects, from home automation to industrial monitoring.

We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the user experience, and we’ve just rolled out some small, but very important tweaks. Combined with the new historical data download process, your Arduino Cloud experience will now be even smoother.

Changes to Arduino Cloud Widgets

One of the more visible changes is the padding around the widgets. It’s been reduced, particularly within the header.

Previously, if you added a header you often needed to increase the size of the widget to accommodate the space needed for it to be displayed. This could leave a lot of empty space inside the widget itself.

By reducing the size of the heading and removing the historical data and settings buttons, widgets can now be a lot more compact while still displaying all the data, labels and controls. You can see the padding reduction in the image below, and how it creates more space for smaller widgets.

Arduino Cloud Widget Sizes

But you’re not losing any functions. The redesign pops the settings button out from the side of the widget when you hover over it during layout editing. And the historical data options have been moved into the dashboard’s settings rather than the individual widget’s (more about that below).

That same location, to the left of the header, was also previously used to notify you of any errors. Now if there’s a problem, the whole widget is disabled and the error notification appears in the center. Hovering over the error icon will give you a tooltip with more info on what’s wrong. 

These new layouts are currently just for desktop dashboards. They aren’t visible on mobile or within the IoT Cloud Remote app yet. However, the redesign allows for smaller sizes of widgets, which will become especially valuable as we bring these changes to mobile. Watch this space.

Historical Data Downloads

We’ve revisited the process for downloading historical data. Previously, if you wanted to export your data, you had to do it widget-by-widget. So if you had six widgets, you’d have to go through the download process six times. 

Now you can grab all the historical data you want in a single download. 

There’s a new option in the dashboard’s setting menu, called “Historical Data”. Clicking that gives you a list of all variables in use. From here you can select all the ones you want to download by selecting the check boxes.

If your dashboard is using multiple Things, you can swap between them from the dropdown at the top. Finally, you’re given the option to specify a date range for the export.

Simply choose the variables and Things you want to export. Set the date range, and click the “Select Data Source” button. You’ll receive an email after a couple of minutes providing you with a link to download your data as individual CSV files, zipped up into a single download.

Arduino Cloud Historical Data Download

Remember though; if you’re using the free tier of Arduino Cloud, the date range selector won’t be available. You’ll always just download the last 24 hours worth of data, so don’t worry if the date selector isn’t visible for you.

As always, we’re keen to get your feedback on the changes. Join us on the forums to tell us what you think.

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Templates let you build IoT projects without code

Templates are here for the Oplà IoT Kit. This is a new feature that takes you from unboxing your kit to uploading a sketch and getting a project up and running in record time. And you can do the whole thing without needing any coding.

Arduino Cloud Templates for Oplà IoT Kit

Arduino Cloud is all about ease and simplicity. So it’s been no small task in the background, creating a way to import dashboards, sketches, things and variables that get projects up and running in just a few clicks.

To kick things off, we’ve brought these templates to the awesome Oplà IoT Kit. This way, you have more options than ever before. You don’t need any coding skills at all to make a fully functional, connected IoT project. It’s the spark that will start the fire of your new passion for electronics!

Arduino templates for Opla IoT Kit

Oplà IoT Kit Projects

The kit includes a host of projects so you can get started with IoT. These projects are carefully developed to create a strong foundation that lets anyone develop a working understanding of connected projects. Whether you’re teaching or learning, this kit is for you.

There’s still a lot of value in following these projects from start to finish, of course. Building control dashboards is one of the most powerful tools in the Arduino Cloud arsenal, for example. But there’s no quicker way to get started than importing a template. You can get to grips with things through pre-built, working demo content. Being able to see the finished project and work backwards is an excellent way to understand the inner workings.

There’s a super simple wizard that helps you import an Oplà IoT Kit project. It walks you step-by-step through the short process, creating and uploading the sketch, connecting the devices and adding a dashboard. It’ll connect your boards to Arduino Cloud and set them up automatically as you go.

Templates are ready and available for the following example Oplà IoT Kit projects:

  • Home Security Alarm
  • Inventory Control
  • Personal Weather Station
  • Remote Controlled Lights
  • Smart Garden
  • Thermostat Control
  • Thinking About You

Simply register your kit, and get signed up to the Arduino Cloud. If you’ve got a new Oplà IoT Kit there’s a free 12 month subscription included in the box, although you can do all this with the free Cloud plan too. Once you’re in, select the project you want to build with your Oplà IoT Kit. Then just click the “Import” button and follow the wizard as it takes you through the quick and easy process.

Do you like the new dashboard templates? Let us know if the comments where you’d like to see this Arduino Cloud feature go next.

The post Create projects fast, with no coding, using Oplà IoT Kit templates appeared first on Arduino Blog.

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A Custom Bicycle Dashboard

arduino, bicycle, Dashboard, LED, Woodworking Commenti disabilitati su A Custom Bicycle Dashboard 

dashboardIf you’re not satisfied with the lightweight digital speedometer that you can buy at your local bike shop, why not build your own bicycle dashboard using various electrical components and wood? DJ decided to do just that, and gives instructions with an electrical schematic, parts list, and Arduino sketch, in […]

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Electronic dashboard for a bicycle

arduino, bicycle, Dashboard Commenti disabilitati su Electronic dashboard for a bicycle 

Edashboard

by R-B @ embedded-lab.com:

This electronic dashboard for a bicycle uses an Arduino and a few other parts to create a light control system and an LED speedometer. It is powered with eight 1.5V batteries connected in series. Six LEDs on the dashboard indicates how fast are you going on your bicycle.

Electronic dashboard for a bicycle - [Link]



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