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Internet Of Things is all over HVACR. Is the value there yet?
Internet Of Things is all over HVACR. Is the value there yet?
State of IoT in HVACR industry: AHR EXPO 2020 AHR Expo is an important event for us, as a lot of Blynk customers are…
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisMany #IoT devices suffer from becoming unusable 🧱 when there is no internet connection . We at Blynk believe that any device should keep operating even if it's offline. Now you can create an Automation scenario and push it to device so that it keeps running if connection drops.Pavlo Bayborodin shared this𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐨𝐓 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. The logic runs in the cloud. When the link drops, scheduled and rule-based actions simply don't execute. For devices on satellite links, in cellular dead zones, or on sites with unreliable networks, that's not an edge case. It's the operating environment. 𝐁𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Set up the rules once in the app, and Blynk pushes them to the device. Schedules, thresholds, and multi-step sequences run locally, with or without a connection. Results sync back when it returns. For companies building connected products, the payoff is simple: your product keeps doing its job through outages, and you don't have to build or maintain custom firmware logic to get there. Fewer support tickets, fewer field visits, one less hard conversation with customers. Full overview: https://lnkd.in/eBXsZ8vK #iot #blynk
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisPavlo Bayborodin shared thisWe have built the ecosystem, and now it’s your turn to build with it. A few weeks ago, we announced our partnership with Blynk and Nordic Semiconductor to simplify the journey from #IoT connectivity to a fully functional application. Now we’re taking the next step. We’re giving away 30 Nordic nRF9151-SMA DevKits to developers, engineers, and innovators who want to evaluate real-world LPWA Satellite IoT solutions without spending weeks integrating hardware, connectivity, middleware, and dashboards. Because that's exactly what we’ve already done for you. Connectivity. Middleware. Application. All working together, right out of the box. Each selected participant will receive: ⚙️ Nordic nRF9151-SMA-DK with satellite firmware and deployed nuSIM 🔐 NB-IoT and LTE-M terrestrial connectivity, plus NB-IoT Satellite connectivity ⛓️💥 Access to Device-to-Cloud, Deutsche Telekom IoT’s cloud middleware, for a limited evaluation period 📑 A ready-to-use integration path from Device-to-Cloud into the Blynk application platform 📁 Blueprint documentation for fast onboarding No backend to build. No complex integrations. No infrastructure headaches. Just connect your device, send data securely via terrestrial or satellite LPWA connectivity, and visualize everything in the Blynk platform within minutes. Whether you’re building smart agriculture, asset tracking, remote infrastructure, utilities, energy, or environmental monitoring solutions, this DevKit lets you focus on validating your use case, not assembling the technology stack. The devices that are hardest to connect are often the ones that matter most. Only 30 DevKits are available. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/eSKevyW4 We’re excited to see what you’ll build. #DTIoT #Blynk #NordicSemiconductor #LPWASatellite #SatelliteIoT #NBIoT #LTEM #GlobalConnectivity #SmartConnectedProducts #IoTDevelopment #EmbeddedSystems #DeveloperExperience #Innovation
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Pavlo Bayborodin reposted thisPavlo Bayborodin reposted thisYour device rolls off the production line in March. It gets to the customer in September. Day one of activation – it fails. In those 6 months, your firmware ages. Maybe an SSL certificate expires, or a protocol changes. Your brand-new device is bricked before it even connects. 𝐖𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐓𝐀. Now, Blynk mobile apps can push the latest firmware to a device locally (via Wi-Fi or BLE) during provisioning – before it ever tries to talk to the cloud. The device gets updated straight from the installer's pocket. How it works: https://lnkd.in/efAnayza #IoT #Hardware #Firmware #OTA
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Pavlo Bayborodin reposted thisConnectivity and application layer have lived in separate worlds for too long. Customers paid for both, integrated both, and absorbed the cost when they didn't talk to each other. That changes with this partnership. Deutsche Telekom IoT brings global NB-IoT Satellite connectivity. Blynk brings the cloud and application layer. Together, a Nordic Semiconductor #nRF9151 goes from chip to working product without the months of development. The markets that benefit first are the ones traditional connectivity has underserved: agriculture, remote infrastructure, asset tracking, environmental monitoring. The devices hardest to connect are usually the ones that matter most. And this is just the start.Pavlo Bayborodin reposted thisWhat happens when satellite #IoT, global connectivity, and intuitive application development come together? Deutsche Telekom IoT and Blynk are joining forces to help businesses move faster from connected device to real product experience. Together with Nordic Semiconductor, we are enabling a new generation of IoT solutions powered by NB-IoT Satellite connectivity and seamless application integration. A Nordic #nRF9151 device connects via Deutsche Telekom IoT connectivity. The data flows directly into Blynk, where developers can instantly access dashboards, native mobile apps, fleet management capabilities, and automations. In short: DT IoT handles the connectivity. Blynk handles the application layer. You focus on building the product, not the plumbing. This opens exciting new possibilities for 🌾 Agricultural sensors 📡 Remote infrastructure 📦 Asset tracking 🌍 Environmental monitoring … and every use case where devices operate beyond traditional network coverage. The hardest devices to connect are often the ones that matter most. NB-IoT Satellite is where we start. But this is only the beginning. Soon, businesses will be able to combine multiple connectivity technologies into one unified application layer powered by DT IoT and Blynk. Launching later this summer. 👉 Building something that needs to work where there is no signal? Let’s talk.
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisImagine this: 1. Your device sends data to an endpoint URL. The payload could be pretty much anything. 2. Blynk AI agent analyzes messages, writes code to decode it, tests this code, and creates datamodel (datastreams, metadata, events) if needed 3. Decoder is ready to accept messages. You can still modify it of course. Please try it out and let us know what we can improve 🙏Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisOne of the most common integration headaches in IoT: your device sends data in one format, your platform expects another. Data Converters in Blynk have always handled this. You write a JavaScript function that translates the incoming payload into something the platform understands. Works great for LoRaWAN devices relaying through network servers, legacy sensors with proprietary formats, third-party hardware you can't reflash. The problem was the JavaScript part. The field engineer who knows exactly what the device sends often isn't the one who can write a parsing script. So we added AI to the converter workflow. Now you can: 1. Create a new HTTP Data Converter 2. Point your device at the endpoint 3. Send a few messages 4. The AI analyzes the actual payload and generates the JavaScript automatically Field parsing, data type handling, datastream mapping. Review the code, confirm it, done. There's also an AI chat built into every converter. Payload format changed? "Add a battery voltage field from the payload." Need to fix something? The "Fix with AI" button opens with your current code and the error context already loaded. The shift: from "look up the API and write JavaScript" to "send data and review what gets generated." Full details on the blog: https://lnkd.in/etKy75Ky
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisEven as an avid AI user, I'm a bit skeptical about MCP servers,... but when I first used Blynk MCP for a client's demo I realized the full potential of it as a productivity tool. Here is what I did: First, I connected Blynk MCP to #VSCode (with PlatformIO Labs extension). then told the AI to scan my firmware code and configure the project in Blynk.Console. In about a minute, the project was fully set up: all the needed datastreams, events, and other settings, ready to go My rough estimate is that it saved me ~30 minutes compared to doing it all manually. And that's just one workflow. It's a v1 of MCP, with limited tools, but stay tuned! v2 is already in the making!Pavlo Bayborodin shared this20 minutes of clicking through IoT configuration screens. Or one sentence. We shipped a remote MCP server for the Blynk IoT platform. It connects to Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, and anything else that speaks MCP. One URL, no install, authenticate with your Blynk account, done. “Create a template for a water quality monitor with datastreams for pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and water temperature.” Three seconds. Template created, four datastreams configured with correct data types, ranges, and units. “Provision a device called River Station Alpha.” Auth token back in your terminal, ready to flash into firmware. Every IoT project starts with the same repetitive setup. Templates, datastreams, data types, ranges, units, device provisioning. It’s not hard work, but it adds up fast, especially when you’re managing multiple product lines or iterating on prototypes. What you can do right now: ∙ Describe a device type and get a fully configured template back ∙ Provision devices and get auth tokens instantly ∙ Read live sensor data without leaving your editor ∙ Control outputs — toggle relays, adjust setpoints, change modes ∙ Search and inspect your entire device fleet Full feature overview: https://lnkd.in/ey9USD2T #mcp #nocode #aiot
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisExcited to announce that Blynk is now partnering with LORIOT , one of the leading #LoRaWAN network management platforms, operating in 150+ countries. This is a big deal for anyone building distributed IoT deployments. LORIOT brings rock-solid LoRaWAN infrastructure and network operations. Blynk brings the application layer: dashboards, device management, automations, OTA, and everything companies need to actually operate IoT at scale. Together we're connecting two critical pieces of the stack that are usually painful to integrate: network management and application development. If you're working on smart buildings, environmental monitoring, industrial IoT, or any LoRaWAN-based project, this combo means less complexity, faster time to market, and full operational control from sensor to screen. Full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/espdtmMP #iot #lorawan #smartbuildings #industrialiot #blynkPavlo Bayborodin shared thisWe’re pleased to announce a strategic partnership between LORIOT and Blynk. Together, Blynk and LORIOT are connecting two critical layers of the IoT stack: • Secure, scalable LoRaWAN® network management • Enterprise-ready low-code IoT platform for application and device operations By aligning LoRaWAN® network operations with application development, companies can now reduce complexity across IoT projects while maintaining operational control, flexibility, and reliability at scale. This is particularly relevant for smart buildings, environmental monitoring, and other distributed IoT deployments where network performance, governance, and application usability all matter. More details in the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/espdtmMP #iot #lorawan #smartbuildings #industrialiot
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Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisNew #HVAC product is going live powered by Blynk! Interestingy, AGENTIS AIR used our app builder not only for monitoring and control, but also for customer support: FAQs and instructions how to use the unit to it's full potential 👏Pavlo Bayborodin shared thisWhat does it take in practice to add connectivity to an existing device? Rather than building a full #IoT stack internally, AGENTIS AIR retrofitted their high-tech air purifier Brio 650 using Blynk’s low-code IoT platform — avoiding new hires, long development cycles, and infrastructure overhead. Alan shared what that journey looked like, and the value they’re already seeing: https://lnkd.in/ea-CeCtM #IAQ #HVACR
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisYour HVAC maintenance contract covers a snapshot: a tech visits quarterly, checks things, moves on. Predictive maintenance covers the gap in between, sensors on your equipment watching how it behaves day to day, learning what normal looks like so it can flag the moment something starts drifting. That's the real value: catching a problem while it's still developing instead of after it's already cost you a shutdown. And the cost difference is real, an emergency repair runs a multiple of the same fix done on a scheduled visit. What it can catch, what it can't, and what it actually looks like installed on a real fleet: https://lnkd.in/edxgdUKM #predictivemaintenance #hvacmonitoring #hvac #hvacr #predictiveservicingWhat is predictive maintenance for commercial HVAC?What is predictive maintenance for commercial HVAC?
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisIridium covers the entire planet with satellite connectivity. Blynk adds the layer that makes that power usable: easy to start, build on top of, and scale without limits. That's the mission we're building toward together, closing the gap between hardware that works and a product that's actually ready to ship. See how fast it goes from unboxing to live data on your dashboard in this short video series by Matthias Mitchell from Iridium. https://lnkd.in/ebyMmw2y
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisI spend a lot of time on predictive maintenance and monitoring in HVACR these days, and the hard part is often just agreeing on what the words mean. I'll be on a call where everyone agrees they want predictive maintenance, and twenty minutes in it turns out we're describing three different things. One person means "tell me when something crosses a threshold." Another means "tell me how many weeks I have left on this compressor." A third means "tell me what's wrong and which part to put on the truck." Those are three different products. They need three different amounts of data, and only one of them works from the first day a unit is connected. None of them is the wrong thing to want, but blurring them together is part of why this category has a bit of a credibility problem in our industry. People bought one level, expected another, and the disappointment gets remembered as "predictive maintenance didn't work." Mark Gates took a run at explaining it in the simplest terms: the four levels, the question each one actually answers, and what has to be in place before each one becomes possible. I will share the link in comments. I'm curious whether those of you with more years in HVAC service run into the same confusion. Any thoughts Joe Lang Brad Hollis Dhishan Kande Brandon Black Gwen Smothers?
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisA business pays for quarterly HVAC maintenance. Still gets hit with a breakdown at the worst possible moment. Not because the contractor did a bad job. Because scheduled maintenance has a blind spot most operators don't know about. It checks the system on a calendar. But equipment doesn't fail on a calendar. A slow leak or a compressor problem can start the week after a visit and have months to turn into an emergency, completely invisible until the next scheduled check. So is the fix more frequent visits? More sensors? Neither, on its own. We break down what preventive and predictive maintenance actually catch (and what each one misses) here: https://lnkd.in/eKdeRJqA #predictivemaintenance #hvacr #monitoringPredictive vs preventive maintenance: what's the difference?Predictive vs preventive maintenance: what's the difference?
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisGot to see the new HQ crib last week. Future is bright at Iridium #iot #ntn #nbiot #safetyoflife #satellite
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisHomes have evolved. So why hasn't the kitchen experience? For years people have been dealing with food waste using outdated technology. A garbage disposal wastes water and can clog your drain. While a countertop compost bin smells and attracts fruit flies. Root is revolutionizing the modern kitchen experience. Our patented technology separates solids into a sealed odour-proof bin under you sink while allowing liquids to safely enter your plumbing. ✨ Root also features: ✅ A carbon filter which stops odours from escaping the bin ✅ A cleverly designed handle that makes emptying your bin effortless ✅ Safety sensors that can detect non-food items allowing you to safely remove them ✅ Sensors that can detect when there's too much liquid, preventing accidental flooding ✅ A mobile app which allows you to monitor how full the bin is in real-time and run automated cleaning cycles ✅ A simple installation process, most people are up and running in 20 minutes ✅ A wireless button that can be placed wherever is most convenient ✅ Root can operate without using water Root is sustainable, stops odours, fruit flies, and protects your plumbing. It is also septic safe! Visit GetMyRoot.com to learn more. #Proptech #sustainability #smarthome #realestatedevelopment #modernkitchen #composting #venturecapital #startups
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisThe exact same repair. The exact same part. And one version can cost you two or three times more than the other. The only difference is when you found out about it. Most operators treat "we'll fix it when it breaks" as the frugal option. It's actually the opposite: it's a standing commitment to always pay the worst-timed, worst-rated version of every repair that comes your way. There's a real reason emergency repairs cost what they do, and it's not just the after-hours labor rate. We break down where the premium actually comes from, and the one thing that determines whether you get the cheap version or the expensive one: https://lnkd.in/eR9SBgNm #hvac #service #predictivemaintenance #predictiveservicing #smarthvac
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Pavlo Bayborodin liked thisPavlo Bayborodin liked thisEmergency HVAC Work Is Not as Profitable as It Looks Emergency calls look attractive: High hourly rates. Urgent work. Customers willing to pay. But the call itself is only part of the cost...Emergency HVAC Work Is Not as Profitable as It LooksEmergency HVAC Work Is Not as Profitable as It Looks
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The Magellan SmartGPS, a CES 2013 Innovations Award Honoree
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LAS VEGAS – CES 2013, January 7, 2013 – Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices for vehicles, fitness, outdoor and mobile navigation, today announced the Magellan® SmartGPS, a game-changing GPS device designed to completely redefine personal navigation by integrating social, local and mobile content, including Yelp and Foursquare, through Magellan’s revolutionary cloud-enabled Smart Ecosystem.
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