Share My Creation [ABMaterial] Weather Dashboard

[rwblinn]

Objectives
To create a real-time Weather Dashboard (using TinkerForge) devices, accessed via browser, showing the humidity, temperature, air pressure in gages (Custom component JustGage) & charts (Custom component Charts.js). The server is running on a Raspberry Pi. All connected clients are updated automatically. Read more.

 

[Mashiane]

Wow, impressive!!!

 

[rwblinn]

Wow, impressive!!!

Thanks.

Has been a good learning project, with challenges, to get on with ABMaterial:

• Designing the class structure enabling data collection (with proper error handling), adding additional device sources (i.e. started with TinkerForge but planned to include Arduino or ESP - B4R).
• Finding a (simple) charting framework. Looked at chartist, frappe, googlecharts ... but found to complex to use esp. displaying real-time data ... ended up with Chart.js (good examples and documentation).
• Develop Custom Component for Chart JS to display line charts. Enhance the JustGage Custom Component properties. For both Custom Components a single property map is used.
• Develop getter for the TinkerForge devices using Inline Java.
• Handle settings via dedicated settings page.
• Got a few things on the todo list - but for later as starting a new Lego BLE project.

A project like this, is a good Proof of Concept for the power of B4J (B4X) with the ABMaterial Framework!

 

[Mashiane]

You need to share your custom components for the sake of the ABM's too, please. I'm interested in your charting with chart.js for now, care to share?

 

[rwblinn]

Done - see here.