Installing the PHP library with "Composer"

By seb, in Programming, october 26,2018.

A few weeks ago, a customer suggested that we modify our PHP library so that it would be easier to use with the Composer dependency manager. We decided to implement these changes and we published our PHP library on Composer's official repository: packagist. Therefore, we are going to show you how to use our library with Composer.

New: The Yocto-Meteo-V2

By mvuilleu, in New stuff and Measures, october 19,2018.

This week comes with a major refresh for one of our flagship products. We have been selling the Yocto-Meteo for almost 7 years, and the quality of the sensors embedded on this device has made its success. Now comes the time when the key sensor is getting replaced by the manufacturer by an even more accurate version. So it is time to update our product as well...

Interfacing a water meter

By martinm, in Measures and Internet of Things, october 12,2018.

Yoctopuce support has recently received several emails from distinct customers asking our opinion on the best way to interface a water meter with Yoctopuce devices. This week, we take the opportunity to explain all this in details. Follow the guide...

Efficient monitoring the localisation beacon

By seb, in Programming, october 05,2018.

While implementing Yocto-Discovery, we noticed that we were missing a feature in our API: a fast and asynchronous way to detect state changes for the localisation beacon. This week, we publish a new version of our programming libraries including this new feature.

Interfacing a SPI magnetic card reader by USB

By mvuilleu, in Electronics, september 28,2018.

Someone recently asked us whether there was a Yoctopuce module which could interface an OMRON V3A magnetic stripe card reader over USB. Although nowadays these magnetic strips are not the most secure way to identify someone, they are still present on credit/debit cards for example. So we took an interest in them.