Monitoring the state of an oil-fired furnace

By seb, in Internet of Things, february 05,2021.

Many houses were built before the Internet of Things and sometimes we need to convert old, but working, installations in order to monitor them remotely. It's the topic of this week's post. We are going to add a YoctoHub to a Straton furnace in order to receive an alert when the furnace goes out of order.

How to start in TypeScript with Yoctopuce modules

By mvuilleu, in For the beginners and Programming, january 29,2021.

Starting this week, you can use Yoctopuce modules directly from an application written in TypeScript. We have indeed just published a new programming library for this language, which is becoming more and more popular. It's therefore the occasion to offer you a tutorial for new users of Yoctopuce modules, with a short and simple but realistic example. As usual, we assume that you have some prior knowledge of TypeScript programming, but we'll explain the rest in detail.

About shippings with Swiss Post

By martinm, in Misc, january 22,2021.

As you may have noticed, Yoctopuce stopped offering to send your international orders with Swiss Post. We thought that the least we could do was to explain why.

Contacting support in an efficient way

By seb, in For the beginners, january 15,2021.

Despite all our efforts, sometimes our software or our programming libraries do not behave in the way expected by our customers. This can be due to a bug or to a too complex interface. If this happens to you, support is available to help you solve these issues. However, we often get vague or incomplete questions. In order to avoid unnecessary email exchanges, here is a list of recommendations for contacting support.

A light sensor for a connected cat flap

By mvuilleu, in Internet of Things, DIY and Programming, january 11,2021.

A few months ago, a small feline has taken up residence next to Yoctopuce and sometimes comes to visit. So that it can come in and out freely during the day, we installed a microchip cat flap which we can control remotely. When we installed it, we thought that there was bound to be some interesting tinkering that we could do with the cat flap and some Yoctopuce modules, and there we are...