Hardware Podcasts

An Interview With Luke Beno of Analog.io

The Amp Hour · 23 Oct 2015 · 1h 23m · Episode 272

What this episode covers

Luke Beno, founder of Analog.io, explains his IoT data visualization platform, which aggregates sensor data from services like SparkFun's Phant to provide charting and community sharing for hobbyists. He details the technical stack, comparing the ease of Electric Imp against low-power MSP430 and ESP8266 solutions, and discusses the architectural challenges of reliability, scalability, and the future of local vs. cloud processing in IoT.

Most relevant to

founders before launch

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
SparkFun, Amazon, DigitalOcean, Nordic Semiconductor, Triad Semiconductor, Xilinx, Altera
Products
Analog.io, Phant, Electric Imp, ThingSpeak, Sively
Chips
MSP430, ESP8266, NRF24
Tools
Energia, Arduino, AngularJS
Also
LoRa, Hackaday Prize

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