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Integrating Git within Node-RED Workflow with FlowFuse
If you've been using Node-RED in production, you already know the pain points. Flows get complex. Teams grow. Someone makes a change that breaks production at 2 AM. You need to roll back, but which version was working? Who approved this deployment? How do you keep your dev environment in sync with production?
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The Node-RED Story: How Visual Programming Escaped the Lab and Conquered Industry
Read how Node-RED evolved from Nick O'Leary's weekend IBM project into a global phenomenon—powering millions of home assistance setups, sparking a Raspberry Pi revolution, building a 4,300+ node community, and conquering industrial IoT with FlowFuse's enterprise platform. -
Mean Time to Failure (MTTF): Formula, Calculation, MTTF vs MTBF vs MTTR, and More
Learn what Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) means, how to calculate it with real examples, industry benchmarks, and how to use MTTF data to improve equipment reliability and maintenance planning. -
What Is a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)? What It Does, How It Works, and Where It’s Used
Discover what PLCs are, how they work, and why 80% of global manufacturing still runs on Dick Morley's 1968 hungover invention. Plus: solving vendor lock-in -
Node-RED Timer Tutorial: Create Stopwatch and Countdown Timers
Node-RED timer tutorial showing how to implement stopwatch and countdown timers for industrial automation and IoT applications. -
Five Whys Root Cause Analysis: Definition, Steps & Examples (2026)
Learn the five Whys root cause analysis method in 2026: step-by-step process, real examples from Toyota, templates, and best practices to solve recurring problems permanently. -
What is TEEP? Calculation, Benchmarks & TEEP vs OEE (2026)
Your equipment sits idle 16+ hours daily. TEEP in 2026 measures this, OEE ignores it. Get the formula, learn when 35% TEEP beats 60%, and turn hidden capacity into profit without capital investment. -
FlowFuse 2.25: Interacting with MCP Resources in FlowFuse Expert, Improved Update Scheduling, and lots of UI improvements!
FlowFuse 2.25: Interacting with MCP Resources in FlowFuse Expert, Improved Update Scheduling, and lots of UI improvements! -
MQTT vs Kafka: Complete Comparison Guide 2026
MQTT vs Kafka comparison guide: Discover the key differences between Apache Kafka and MQTT messaging protocols. Learn which is best for IoT, industrial automation, and real-time data streaming with practical examples and use cases -
Node-RED Buffer Parser Guide: Decode Modbus and Industrial Device Data
Learn how to parse Modbus and industrial device buffers in Node-RED using the Buffer Parser node. Visual configuration, no coding required. Handle endianness and scaling easily. -
Building a Weather Dashboard in Node-RED (2026)
Learn how to build a real-time weather dashboard in Node-RED using the OpenWeather API and FlowFuse Dashboard. -
How to Access Optimized Data Blocks in TIA Portal (S7-1200/1500)
Learn how to read Siemens S7-1200/1500 optimized data blocks using OPC UA and FlowFuse. Step-by-step guide with symbolic addressing for reliable PLC integration. -
How to Optimize Industrial Data Communication with Protocol Buffers
Stop transmitting waste. Learn how Protocol Buffers reduces industrial IoT data size by 60% using FlowFuse. Implementation takes one afternoon with three nodes and a schema file—no coding required. -
How to Protect Your Factory From Bad Data: A Must-Have Read for IIoT
Build a bulletproof data validation gateway that catches corrupted sensor readings, malformed MQTT payloads, and drifting PLC data before they wreak havoc on your factory floor. -
Store-and-Forward at the Edge: Buffering Production Data During Network Outages
Learn how to implement store-and-forward buffering for data collection. This guide shows you how to build an edge system with FlowFuse that maintains complete data continuity during network outages, preventing production data loss and compliance gaps. -
FlowFuse 2.24: FlowFuse Expert in the Node-RED Editor, Scheduled Updates, Simpler Edge Device Addition, Store and Forward Blueprint, and what's next!
FlowFuse 2.24: FlowFuse Expert in the Node-RED Editor, Scheduled Updates, Simpler Edge Device Addition, Store and Forward Blueprint, and what's next! -
Building a Web HMI for Factory Equipment Control
Build a modern HMI using FlowFuse to monitor and control factory equipment from any browser -
FlowFuse + LLM + MCP = Text Driven Operations
Discover how FlowFuse combines LLMs and Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Node-RED to enable text-driven operations, transforming industrial data into actionable insights through natural language queries. -
Building a Label Scanner with FlowFuse for Product Labels & Serial Numbers
Step-by-step guide to building an OCR system in FlowFuse for scanning product labels, extracting text, and validating serial numbers using Node-RED flows.