Capture and understand device data
The system was built to capture and display information from IoT solar-panel control systems.
A Laravel API and React frontend were backed by PostgreSQL with the TimescaleDB extension for time-series device data.
Full-stack development Case study
Solar hardware data, turned into a repeatable testing system.
A data platform and desktop testing application for IoT solar-panel control systems.
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The brief
A connected data platform and desktop testing application made IoT solar telemetry accessible and hardware tests consistent.
Tracklab Solar needed to capture and display information from IoT solar-panel control systems, while also giving the hardware a repeatable test process.
The solution paired a time-series data platform with a serial-connected Electron application built specifically for testing the control board.
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The system
From control board to time-series insight, with repeatable tests at the bench.
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Capture
Receive telemetry from IoT solar-panel control systems through a Laravel API.
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Understand
Store time-series device data in PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB and present it through React.
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Test
Connect an Electron desktop application to the control board over serial and guide repeatable hardware tests.
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The intervention
Connect the physical product to software that makes it observable.
Test the hardware
An Electron desktop application communicated with the control board over a serial connection and guided the hardware through a range of repeatable tests.
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The result
Device data became visible. Hardware testing became repeatable.
- 01Centralised IoT telemetry.
- 02Made time-series data accessible.
- 03Built a serial-connected test application.
- 04Standardised hardware testing.