Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
1.5
Monitoring Data in the Cloud
We are now able to store data in the cloud, using the dweet.io service. Your Arduino board
is now continuously sending data over there. However, even if the data it returns is human-
readable, it would be much better to visualize this data graphically. This is why we created
an account on Freedboard before. Go over again to this website and log in:
Inside this interface, you will be able to create a new dashboard. This will be the main inter-
face from which you will monitor everything. Do so by entering a name for your dashboard,
and click on “Create New”. Then, you have to create two things: panes and datasources.
Let's start with the datasource, which is the source of the data that will be displayed inside
the dashboard. Click on “Add” to add a new data source, and select “Dweet.io” in the menu:
Inside this box, you also need to enter a name, and the name of your thing that you defined
in the Arduino sketch. Then, click on “Save”.
Now, we need to create a new pane. A pane is basically a space on the dashboard where the
data is displayed graphically. Click on the button, and then click on the pane “+” icon to add
