Blog
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Custom Vuetify components for Dashboard 2.0
Vuetify is a library of UI components using Vue. This saves the developers of Dashboard 2.0 a lot of time, but it can also help you, the end-user. As Vuetify is now included, it can be used to include any of their components. So in this post we're going to use a few of these to teach you how to use any of them.
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Updating our branding across GitHub, npm and Dockerhub
Following our rename to FlowFuse last month, we are about to take the next set of steps to complete the rebrand. This time, focussed on the technical assets we produce.
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How ChatGPT improves Node-RED Developer Experience
ChatGPT has the potential to have a significant impact on the Node-RED community. It is a powerful language model that can be used to generate flows, interpret them, and provide documentation, maybe soon even write the flow! The combination of ChatGPT, or generative AI at large, with Node-RED can significantly improve the developer experience with Node-RED. In this post we’ll review what the community has already built.
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Share & Preview Flows on flows.nodered.org
For years, Node-RED's website has provided functionality to share flows through flows.nodered.org
This week, we at FlowFuse have contributed a new feature to the site that allows users to visually preview those flows, and embed/share those flows in articles and on forum posts.
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Modernize your legacy industrial data. Part 2.
In part 1 of this series, I introduced the topic of working with legacy industrial data from the likes of Modbus and older, non IIoT protocols and putting it to work in an IIoT world. We looked at some of the challenges and how Node-RED with
node-red-contrib-buffer-parsernode can help.In this article, I will dive a little deeper into the topic and discuss some of the finer details. I hope to demonstrate a smarter approach that can make a huge difference to data accuracy, performance and maintainability while significantly reducing developer time. Not only that, ending with a no-code solution.
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Tulip Operation Calling Event Report
This week I attended the Tulip event called Operations Calling in Boston. Here are some quick observations from the event.
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Modernize your legacy industrial data
Industrial systems generate valuable data, but legacy protocols like Modbus or non-IIoT standards often make it hard to use. Bridging this gap is essential to connect traditional systems with the modern Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
Whether it’s Modbus registers, serial communication without a protocol, or standards like Siemens S7 and Mitsubishi MC-Protocol, the challenge lies in making sense of this raw information. With tools like Node-RED and the node-red-contrib-buffer-parser, you can turn complex, outdated data streams into usable formats that power IIoT innovation.
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Community News September 2023
Welcome to the FlowFuse newsletter for September 2023, a monthly roundup of what’s been happening with FlowFuse and the wider Node-RED community.
New Name
The big news this month is that FlowForge is now FlowFuse. Yes, we have changed our name but we are still focus on delivering great products for the Node-RED community.
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FlowFuse announces a Node-RED stack for Industry 4.0 applications on ctrlX AUTOMATION
FlowFuse is pleased to announce they are now offering Node-RED plus select third party nodes from the Bosch Rexroth ctrlX World marketplace.
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Dynamic Markdown, Tables & Notebooks with Dashboard 2.0
Whilst we're still busy backporting through the existing Dashboard 1.0 features, we did want to highlight some new features we've built in Dashboard 2.0 released this week.
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FlowFuse Cloud Starter package - The easiest way to get started with Node-RED
FlowFuse is used by businesses and hobbyists alike. We aim to provide a platform that meets the needs of both, recognizing the importance of hobbyists in the Node-RED community and the long term success of FlowFuse as a company. We want to make it as easy as possible for people to get started on FlowFuse Cloud and help them understand the full value the platform offers. One of the barriers we've seen has been the current pricing structure of FlowFuse Cloud.
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FlowFuse 1.11 makes it easier to get started with FlowFuse and Node-RED
FlowFuse 1.11 introduces a new starter tier for FlowFuse Cloud that makes it easier to get started with FlowFuse and Node-RED.
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FlowFuse is now available on AWS Marketplace
Many customers want to run FlowFuse in their own cloud environment, AWS being a great example. Today we're excited to announce that FlowFuse is now available from the AWS Marketplace. This makes it very easy for customers to install and run Node-RED and FlowFuse within minutes.
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Our Open Source offering is a tier, not our competition
More than once we’ve been in discussion with prospective customers on what tier is the right tier for their current Node-RED adoption. The question is likely to come up "Why wouldn't we just use the open source version of FlowFuse?". The implicit discussion created is one that is alike the question: “Why wouldn’t we go with your competition?”. For FlowFuse, and most other open-core companies like us, the open licensed and free to use core is tier, not competition.
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FlowForge is now FlowFuse
We are happy to announce that FlowForge is changing its name to FlowFuse. Changing our corporate identity wasn’t our top priority but a recent trademark challenge has promoted us to create a new brand for our company.
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Dashboard 2.0 - Community Update
Welcome to the latest Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 update. We've added lots of new widgets, cleaned up compatibility issues alongside Dashboard 1.0 and made strides to improve the events system linking the Node-RED editor with the Dashboard.
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Why the Automation Pyramid blocks digital transformation - The Role of Unified Namespace
A few years ago, I wrote an article, in German, detailing my understanding of how the Automation Pyramid, a widely adopted reference model for the IT landscape of manufacturing firms, is essentially hindering digital transformation. Now, as conversations around the Unified Namespace (UNS) and particular frameworks continue to evolve, I revisit my earlier notions, review the latest updates to reference frameworks, and update my article.
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Community News August 2023
Welcome to the FlowFuse newsletter for August 2023, a monthly roundup of what’s been happening with FlowFuse and the wider Node-RED community.
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FlowFuse 1.10 Release Now Available
FlowFuse 1.10 release includes improvements to device management and importing environment variable templates.
