Frederik Van LeeckwyckTried and tested: the Grafana Canvas panel. How far could I take it?Read this review to learn from my experiences with the current version of Grafana’s Canvas panel. We’ll not only explore its standard…5 min read·Apr 26, 2024----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckWeekend project: energy monitoring with telegraf, modbus, InfluxDB, Flux and GrafanaIn this blog post, I will share how to obtain a view on the net electricity use and generation of my and your house. We’ll use modbus RTU…9 min read·Apr 16, 2021--1--1
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryHow data historians help reduce energy use in Industry 4.0In this new blog series, we will explore the unexpected benefits of the data historian. First in line: monitoring and lowering energy use.3 min read·Mar 17, 2021----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryUX/UI and why it matters for Industry 4.0 softwareIn this blogpost, our front-end developer Lumi De Smedt shares her views on UX/UI in today’s industrial environment and lifts the veil on…6 min read·Jan 6, 2021--1--1
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryProcess data integration: open source or proprietary software?In 2018, Belgian yeast supplier Algist Bruggeman replaced its proprietary historian software with Factry’s open source-based historian…4 min read·Dec 23, 2020----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryIntroducing the Untimely Grafana PanelIndustry 4.0 starts with time series data collected from various sensors from production equipment. What is stored is always a combination…4 min read·Mar 17, 2020----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryTutorial: How to build an InfluxDB query using Flux?An advanced use case for the new Flux query language1 min read·Dec 17, 2019----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryFlux in the industry: 3 real world IIoT examplesWe have been using InfluxDB in an industrial setting since 2016. This started with the development of an open-source OPC-UA collector…10 min read·Sep 10, 2019----
Frederik Van LeeckwyckinFactryWhy operator involvement is key to Industry 4.0Ever since the term Industry 4.0 was coined in 2011, it has taken the world of manufacturing by storm. Business and market drivers like…5 min read·Sep 18, 2017----