# An Interview With Luke Beno of Analog.io

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2015-10-23
- Length: 1h 23m
- Episode: 272
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/272-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io/

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=0) Introduction and Analog.io Overview
- [4:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=262) IoT Architecture and Data Layers
- [8:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=498) Business Models and Service Reliability
- [36:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=2195) Hardware Platforms: Electric Imp vs. Custom Builds
- [44:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=2696) Low-Power RF and Future Connectivity (LoRa)
- [50:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-10-23-an-interview-with-luke-beno-of-analog-io#t=3018) MQTT, Scaling, and FPGA Design

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Analog.io (product)
- SparkFun (company)
- Phant (product)
- Electric Imp (product)
- ThingSpeak (product)
- Sively (product)
- Amazon (company)
- DigitalOcean (company)
- MSP430 (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- NRF24 (chip)
- Triad Semiconductor (company)
- Xilinx (company)
- Altera (company)
- LoRa (other)
- Hackaday Prize (other)
- Energia (tool)
- Arduino (tool)
- AngularJS (tool)

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