Author: Rafael Aroca

Here is a little bit of work done today, testing the integration of BIPES and freeboard dashboard. The full explanation / details are here:

https://rafaelaroca.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/bipes-iot-dashboard/

• 4000 users
• 7320 sessions
• 85 countries
• Average session time: 00:05:12
• More than 500 programs shared by link
• 109 EasyMQTT Sessions
• 171 EasyMQTT Topics
• 566844 EasyMQTT messages (records summing all topics)

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Jorge Marques (https://github.com/JorgeGMarques) made more of a bunch of great contributions to BIPES source code. Code has been restructured and boards definitions are much more clear now. The user interface is much greater also and he managed to add more boards and pinouts.

And finally, one of the coolest additions is saving the board specs on the same XML that the blocks are saved. In that way, when a program is shared or saved, the board is automatically remembered when the XML loads. Very happy with the feature here!

Latest source code additions:

https://github.com/rafaelaroca/BIPES_ui_testing/commit/40390828efbaab3401234e6ae6fc7fd9a00202b9

Available since early March, 2021:
https://rafaelaroca.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/block-based-programming-on-raspberry-pi-pico-with-bipes/

Use at:
https://bipes.net.br/beta2serial/ui/

BIPES stands for Block based Integrated Platform for Embedded Systems.

Access this link to start using BIPES: bipes.net.br/beta2/ui/(opens in a new tab)

It was conceived and created from our experience of many years developing and teaching embedded systems and Internet of Things applications. BIPES allows anyone to quickly and reliably design, program, build, deploy and test embedded systems and IOT devices and applications. It is fully based on a web environment, so absolutely no software install is needed on the client / developer machine. In that way, a tablet, a netbook, a Chromebook or any other device can be used to program and test several devices.

All programming is done using blocks, which is faster and safer than traditional coding, and a recognized trend. IEEE Spectrum, for example, discusses the advantages of “programming without code” in the article Programming Without Code: The Rise of No-Code Software Development.

BIPES supports several boards using Python, MicroPython or CircuitPython. See details on the boards page.

We have just enabled mail server integrated with BIPES Forum and for new user registration. The mail is projectbipes AT gmail.com. In that way, user registration at the forum is now working.

We just added a splash screen with some basic information / direction for users.

BIPES community is growing and some users asked for a discussion forum. Also, this dynamic content management system will allow developers and BIPES team to post updates, news and documentation about the project.

Some older updates are available here:

https://rafaelaroca.wordpress.com/?s=bipes