Finnish software engineer [Toni] is on a quest to modernize his 1991 house, and his latest project was to automate the window blinds and control them using Home Assistant. Unless your blinds have ...

Many of us regularly move from one computer to another for work, play, and hacking; every now and then finding yourself wishing you could copy something on one machine and paste on another without ...

The message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) protocol is a key contender for the most favored method of data transference. The main reason why is MQTT’s open-source design and lightweight stature ...

A key aspect of MQTT’s (message queueing telemetry transport) architecture involves the use of an intermediary server to collect data, as it changes, from the devices it is connected to. It then ...

Billions of connected devices need to communicate and move data effectively across networks and cloud platforms. Here’s why MQTT is the standard protocol. The internet of things (IoT) continues to ...

A fascinating article from Philip N. Howard at George Washington University asserts that the number of connected devices surpassed the number of people on the planet in 2014 (Fig. 1). The author ...

As communication systems have improved and expanded in the age of IoT, the need for data security has increased. The MQTT protocol can provide efficient and secure integrating industrial automation ...

With modern technology, it is quite simple to create a complete home automation system, which allows you to control any type of load using your smartphone. This article helps you to design an IoT ...

Enterprises need a way to ensure their IoT devices communicate to platforms and apps. Identifying when to use the popular MQTT or the newer LWM2M protocol will save enterprises time and money later.

HiveMQ CTO weighs in on why MQTT is picking up steam for enterprise IoT deployments in factory automation, logistics, and pharmaceutical workflows. Key drivers include a unified namespace and tested ...