ThingSpeak is an
open-source
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software written in
Ruby
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which allows users to communicate with
internet enabled devices. It facilitates data access, retrieval and logging of data by providing an
API
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to both the devices and
social network
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websites.
ThingSpeak was originally launched by
ioBridge in 2010 as a service in support of IoT applications.
ThingSpeak has integrated support from the numerical computing software
MATLAB
MATLAB (an abbreviation of "MATrix LABoratory") is a proprietary multi-paradigm programming language and numeric computing environment developed by MathWorks. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementat ...
from
MathWorks
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History
MATLAB was created in the 1 ...
, allowing ThingSpeak users to analyze and visualize uploaded data using MATLAB without requiring the purchase of a MATLAB license from MathWorks.
ThingSpeak has been the subject of articles in specialized "
Maker" websites like
Instructables
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,
Codeproject, and
Channel 9.
See also
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Web of things
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Ubiquitous computing
Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering, hardware engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear seamlessly anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing imp ...
References
External links
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Internet of things
Free software programmed in Ruby
Software using the GNU General Public License
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