K1 - Set up ThingSpeak

  1. Cloud-based services enable one to collect, visualise, and analyse live data streams from IoT devices remotely. One such service is ThingSpeak.

    Follow this link (Links to an external site.) to set up and test your ThingSpeak channel.

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  2. Add the IoT extension in PictoBlox.

    Create this program to send a random number to your ThingSpeak channel. Remember to change the Channel ID, write API and read API accordingly.

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  3. Run the programme and check your ThingSpeak channel. Do you see any values plotted on the graph?

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