Have a question for TI re: The Internet of the Backyard Challenge? Ask here!

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After being selected, you'll also be given access to Plotly, the web's premier data streaming and visualization software. Plotly has written code specifically designed to make it easy to get your backyard data to the Internet. Just imagine what you could do: the possibilities are endless.

Once every two weeks, you'll post a blog entry showing us how you're getting on. The final build needs to be finished by October 3. Winners will be selected on October 13... and the prize?

even without a library, every contestant should be able to write code to do this

it is a challenge after all and with an amazing prize for the winner, that should take effort to win and im talking about a significant effort both in software, hardware and artistry/creativity, not just pulling a few libraries together

the community will help of course, you only have to ask, but each one of you must be prepared to research, learn and document

Good luck

This is not aimed at you in particular but all too often road testers / contestants seem to take the easier road and replicate other peoples work, in some cases verbatim and that is not what this is about, sure borrow and modify other peoples code, ideas etc but make them your own

if something does not exist, create it (Plotly Library for example) , the reward is worth the effort

Peter

a quick update

Just discovered a member has got plotly to work, in linux using curl but the info is there and it should be fairly straight forward to convert to your use

IoT live data upload to Plotly and Xively

My question about Plotly was because there was no mention of login in the congratulation email I got or in the dev kits received, so the 'given access' confused me. I created a login as it appears to be open to public. Just wanted to verify there was not a specific account I was required to use for the contest, or that I missed a step.

thanks,

Bill

There would be a unique one set up for you, I am not sure of the process but @doctorcdf    may be able to point you in the right direction

regards

Peter

Another general question, just to help fashion platform of understanding. Often in wireless sensor networks you would use or create a repeater to extend or resolve black spots. I would typically start by looking for off the shelf devices (e.g tp-link nano is a handy cheap little repeater device.) to get me started. As cc3200 already provides 3 operating mode settings I wondered what it would take to use cc3200 as a repeater.

The closest library I could find which I'm looking at is a plotly library found on the mbed platform but it may be easier for me anyway just to create script that is specific to my app. I believe you can also use json encoding to send payload data.

I'm pleased to say that you can now use the Eclipse IoT Platform with the CC3200: click here.

I tried a quick help search for the MAP_UtilsDelay, UART_PRINT functions using my CCS help option but zero results came up. Where would I need to look to get a reference to these functions.

What is the APP needed to open the CCS 6 download?

I got the same message on Windows 8.1 and 7.

The TI message indicated that they were .exe files, but when I tried to change the name it blew up.

DAB

Got the same issue, did not do this in previous version. I ended up downloading the .zip, extract the files and install from there.