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CAN Bus Tutorial: Connect to Dashboards, Cloud, and Industrial Systems
If you work with vehicles, industrial automation, or embedded systems, you've likely encountered CAN bus, the communication backbone that connects ECUs, sensors, controllers, and actuators in real-world environments. The challenge isn't just reading CAN data; it's getting that data into your dashboards, cloud platforms, databases, or industrial control systems.
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FlowFuse 2.27: Integrated Editor in Remote Instances & Context-Aware FlowFuse Expert
FlowFuse 2.27 improves Remote workflows, simplifies rollback in developer mode, enhances FlowFuse Expert with live context, and introduces rolling restarts for HA Hosted instances. -
Event-Driven Architecture: 99% of Your System Requests Are Worthless
Learn how Event-Driven Architecture enables real-time responsiveness in manufacturing by allowing systems to react instantly to production events, replacing traditional request-response models with automated, parallel processing. -
Shop Floor AI: Dead on Arrival Without This
Industrial AI doesn't fail because of bad models - it fails because of bad architecture. Discover why signals need context and how a Unified Namespace makes AI work on the shop floor. -
Mapping MTConnect Streams for Dashboard Visualization
Learn how to connect FlowFuse to MTConnect agents, parse machine data streams, and build real-time manufacturing dashboards without custom code. -
MQTT vs CoAP: Measure Your Constraints or Pick Wrong
Learn whether MQTT or CoAP fits your IoT deployment. Learn how device constraints, power budgets, and network architecture determine the right protocol for reliable, efficient IoT systems. -
Agentic AI Reads OPC UA Servers So You Don't Have To
Learn how agentic AI transforms OPC UA server investigations—automating data access, analysis, and root cause detection to turn hours of manual work into minutes. -
Why Modbus Refuses to Die
Learn why Modbus, a 47-year-old protocol with zero security, still dominates industrial automation despite billions invested in modern alternatives -
MQTT vs OPC UA: Why This Question Never Has a Straight Answer
MQTT vs OPC UA isn't a real choice; they solve different problems. Learn when to use each protocol based on your actual requirements, not vendor marketing. -
Beyond Kepware: Why Modern Industrial Connectivity Demands a Second Look
Kepware became the default when industrial connectivity was hard. Today, its pricing model, scaling costs, and private-equity ownership make it a growing risk. Here's why it's time to re -evaluate. -
FlowFuse 2.26: Bringing access-controls to your MCP nodes
FlowFuse 2.26: Bringing access-controls to your MCP nodes -
What Is a System Integrator? Understanding Manufacturing's Most Misunderstood Role
System integrators connect factory equipment to business systems, turning separate technologies into integrated solutions. Learn what they do, why they matter, and how modern tools are changing industrial integration. -
Integrating Git within Node-RED Workflow with FlowFuse
Learn how to integrate Git version control into your Node-RED workflows using FlowFuse's DevOps pipeline stages for better collaboration and change management. -
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.