Node-red

With Arduino

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What is Node-red?

Node-Red in its simplest form is an

open source visual editor for wiring
the internet of things produced by
IBM.
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Node-RED is a tool for wiring together

hardware devices, APIs and online services in
new and interesting ways.

Node-RED takes care of the technicalities and

lets you concentrate on the logic of your
workflow. !
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How to get started with Arduino?
Install node-red on windows:
• Install node.js 64 bit or 32 bit according to your
system from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Open Command prompt as administrator.

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npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red

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 After
installation
Node-red

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 Test Installation
Type node-red

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Server started?

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 Here you go now!
Let’s begin the magic!

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Visit http://127.0.0.1:1880 in browser
and get your dashboard.

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 Installing Serial port
Use following command in cmd to install serial port

npm install node-red-node-serialport

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 Flow 1: Twitting sensor data
Step 1 Drag and drop serial input node to flow dashboard
Step 2 Double click to configure it and select com port & baudrate
Step 3 Drag and drop twitter output node from social
Step 4 Double click the node to configure it, authenticate your
twitter account
Step 5 Connect both the nodes
Step 6 Deploy the project by clicking on the top right button Deploy
Step 7 Check your tweets on your twitter account, done by sensor.

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Add Serial node & Configure it

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Add Twitter node & Configure it

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 Installing thingspeak node
Step 1 Stop the node-red running server by closing it or by
“stop node-red” or by ctrl+C
Step 2 Use “npm install node-red-contrib-thingspeak” to install
thingspeak node
Step 3 Start node-red server, you will find thingspeak node in
functions at the end of the list
Step 4 Visiting thingspeak.com and signup for an account
Step 5 Create a channel and get Write API Key
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Flow 2: Uploading sensor data on ThingSpeak
Step 1 Drag and drop serial input node to flow dashboard
Step 2 Double click to configure it and select com port & baudrate
Step 3 Drag and drop thingspeak node from function
Step 4 Double click the node to configure it, enter your write API
Key, Don’t forget to enter the field id as “1”
Step 5 Connect both the nodes
Step 6 Deploy the project by clicking on the top right button Deploy
Step 7 Check your private view in your thingspeak channel

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 Installing IBM Watson IoT node
Step 1 Stop the node-red running server by closing it or
by “stop node-red” or by ctrl+C
Step 2 Use “npm install node-red-contrib-ibm-watson-
iot” to install IBM Watson IoT node
Step 3 Start node-red server, you will find IBM Watson
IoT node in Input & Output list at the end of the list

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Flow 3: Uploading sensor data on IBM Watson IoT
Step 1 Drag and drop serial input node to flow dashboard
Step 2 Double click to configure it and select com port & baudrate
Step 3 Drag and drop IBM Watson IoT node from function
Step 4 Double click the node to configure it, select quickstart mode,
click on the edit symbol(pencil) next to it to get the dashboard.
Step 5 Connect both the nodes
Step 6 Deploy the project by clicking on the top right button Deploy
Step 7 Check your on the IBM Watson iot dashboard opened.

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 node-red Shortcodes for repositoreis
node Cmd command

Google Chart npm install node-red-contrib-googlechart

IBM IoT App npm install node-red-contrib-scx-ibmiotapp

IBM Watson IoT npm install node-red-contrib-ibm-watson-iot

ThingSpeak npm install node-red-contrib-thingspeak

Watson npm install node-red-node-watson

MySQL npm install node-red-node-mysql

Alexa npm install node-red-contrib-alexa

Facebook npm install node-red-contrib-facebook

Arduino npm i node-red-node-arduino

A BIG THANK YOU

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