Installing the VirtualHub made easier

By seb february 03,2019.

This week, we published a new VirtualHub. This new version doesn't fix much. The interesting new feature is for Windows users: on top of the traditional zip file with the executable, you can now download an installer...

New: the Mini-Battery-Supervisor

By mvuilleu, in New stuff and Electronics, january 25,2019.

The newcomer in the Yoctopuce circuit family is the tiniest of all, and yet you could find it greatly useful. At first sight, the Mini-Battery-Supervisor looks like a simple USB connector that you can mount on a front panel, but it contains regulation and control electronics for an external power source. Let's see what it can do....

Yoctopuce and non routable networks

By martinm, in Misc, january 18,2019.

We usually consider IP connection as a means to access Internet, but in fact it's quite possible to build networks which do not have outside connectivity. It's called non routable networks. They are useful, but they also introduce some difficulties. This week, we explain how to use Yoctopuce modules in a non routable network.

Timed notifications and MQTT

By seb, in New stuff, january 11,2019.

We are publishing a new VirtualHub and new firmware for the YoctoHubs. This new release offers two new features: support for timed notifications for MQTT and a new interface to configure these notifications.

Using ngrok to access a YoctoHub

By mvuilleu, in Misc, january 05,2019.

For already some time, we offer a software solution to connect remotely to your Yoctopuce hubs, even when they are behind a NAT filter: the GatewayHub. However that solution requires to setup an Internet-facing Web hosting with Node.js. Today we will show another different solution, which is not applicable to GSM hubs but can save the effort of setting up a public hosting. Its name is ngrok.