This is a post from back in March 2017 – but as I’d forgotten all about it, I thought you might like to share my renewed enthusiasm if you are a Node-Red user. NR introduces non-volatile flow and global variables in version 0.19 but if that doesn’t work for you,…
Category: javascript
The LCD Object
It has been a very busy week for us here in Spain – what with partying and what-not, so I’ve not had as much time as I would like to develop my JavaScript object skills, however, I’ve managed to get much further with a project I’ve been working on in…
A Deep Learning Weekend
Well, this has been an interesting journey (a deep learning WEEK more like it) as I’ve been working on making my own widgets for Node-Red. I thought I’d share some of the things I’ve picked up. Experienced JavaScript object users please look away now. Those not interested in JavaScript look…
Some thoughts on Node Red variables
In learning how to use Node-Red I’ve changed my coding countless times as I’ve found better ways to do things. Please note that in 2017, the way I use global variables here is out of date. It still works but for example context.global.fred=1 is now written as global.set(“fred”,1). Read this…
Drilling into Blynk
Yesterday I referred to using DELAY in Node-Red to slow down one of the Blynk controls. To backtrack a little… We’re talking here about controlling devices such as ESP8266 boards using MQTTT – which I maintain is the best way to have a boatload of devices around the place and…