Getting the Dream Factory backend - Part 2

The Dream Factory provides RESTful services for your applications. Given a datasource, any datasource The Dream Factory generates a comprehensive, secure REST Api which will be your backend that you can use to build frontend applications. It provides for scripting and customization.

You can get started at this site here:

https://www.dreamfactory.com/adminlanding

You can develop on your own computer or if you have a Cloud Platform subscription such as Windows Azure, Google or Amazon you can develop it there.

After starting from the above link you need to register to use the platform as well as download SDKs. The following couple of screen shots shows the steps.

You first get an instance of the DreamFactory Service Platform(DSP). You can customize name or use the one provided (default)

 

Click CreateDSP. The dsp-hodentek-45946 gets created.

 

 

Click Launch in the above screen. You need activation and provide the username, password you provided earlier while interacting with the site.

 

Click Activate.

 

You may have to provide login info one more time. It takes a little while processing the credentials.

 

 Now you are in. You have to choose an Application ID and choose how you want to create the app, Native or browser based.

 

Continued here...

Semtech's Wireless IoT Product

Semtech has a large repertory of products encompassing Broadcast, Circuit-Protection, Power management and a host of others. LoRa system is one of their wireless/rf products that addresses long range solutions and forms the basis of their IoT applications.

LoRa is ideally suited to eliminate repeaters, extend battery lifetime and improve network capacity. The following image from one of their pdf documents shows some applications built around LoRa.

LoRa01
 Here is a little more informative schematic of how LoRa system works.

 

LoRa02

Read this informative pdf document (from which the above images were copied) that provides comprehensive information of some of the IoT products.

http://www.semtech.com/images/mediacenter/collateral/ism_sg.pdf

Watch LoRa related Semtech Video


 

Open Source Mobile Backend - The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory provides RESTful services for your applications. Given a datasource, any datasource The Dream Factory generates a comprehensive, secure RESTApi which will be your backend that you can use to build frontend applications. It provides for scripting and customization. You have support for all of this:

• Client SDK
• Single sign-on
• jQuery
• Angular JS
• Sencha
• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone

You can install on any server including your humble desktop. If you can afford you can install on any of the following:

TheDreamFactory

Why wait? Test Drive today starting from here:

https://www.dreamfactory.com/adminlanding

IoT Foundation service on IBM's BlueMix gets a boost

IBM recently boosted its support for its IoT Foundation Service by setting up a dedicated IoT business practice with funds totaling $3B. This will bring together clients, partners and stake holders to integrate dispersed sources, sensors, devices, business operations to glean real-time intelligence. This IoT ecosystem partnership will include The Weather Company that provides a strong bearing on anything related to weather on business.

IoT Foundation Service makes it easy to access IoT via Cloud API's. The cloud platform will further add:

• IBM IoT Cloud Open Platform for Industries --IoT apps for Cloud based customers
• IBM BlueMix IoT Zone - IoT Integration with Cloud based apps
• IBM IoT Ecosystem --Eco-system to include chip; device manufacturers as well as partners that includes ARM, AT&T and Semtech and the more recent The Weather Company.

 

A gun mounted camera as an IoT device

It will be interesting (perhaps quite easy) to develop a tamper-proof Gun mounted camera which can automatically log all activities and stream load data to a Cloud Service. Such a device should be a standard official issue. In fact as gun related violence has been on the radar, it should be mandatory for all registered guns.