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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Review

Review of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W model, the latest product that comes in the affordable range of SBCs, has replaced the original board, and it is a form factor-compatible successor of the previous generations.

Roee Alfasi

November 19, 2021

A Leap into the Future

Follow our journey to change the world of software in the IoT industry!

Amit Ezer

September 13, 2021

A New Generation of OTA Updates

A turning point for the IoT Industry - Upswift is glad to announce its newest Update Tool! As market standards defines the way we look at software, while it's ever-changing and constantly improving, we must keep an eye on how we are delivering our software to edge devices.

Roee Alfasi

August 25, 2021

SSH Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is a powerful tiny-computer. But how can you access it? Connecting to your devices with a secure network is a must-have tool in your arsenal. In this Article we will overview the SSH protocol and how to establish a connection to your pi.

Roee Alfasi

August 23, 2021

Get to Grips With IoT Monitoring

IoT Monitoring is extremely essential, especially in high-valued items that requires continuous support. In todays high-paced market, the expectations are very high when it comes to product availability and support, that's why businesses has to make sure they maintain their products at the highest level.

Thomas

August 20, 2021

Install Docker-Compose on Raspberry Pi

Docker containers are light-weight, requires minimal resources and makes it possible to deliver your software quicker, which makes them extremely useful for SBC's such as Raspberry Pi. How do we define and run multi-container docker applications? Docker-Compose is the answer.

Roee Alfasi

August 16, 2021

NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX vs TX2 NX

Nvidia Jetson's are widely used in the AI and image processing industry due to their high-processing powers. But how are they compared to each other?

Roee Alfasi

August 15, 2021

Deploy and Manage Robots the Easy Way

Technological advancements allows us to build smaller and more sophisticated robots, but their 24/7 availability is the crucial selling point for production environments, with that in mind, they need a top-notch maintenance.

Thomas

August 1, 2021

Reverse SSH Tunneling - From Start to End

Inventor Tatu Ylonen is famous for creating the SSH security protocol, which is widely used for managing systems and applications remotely. Take a look on how to utilize the Reverse SSH Tunneling, which is used to establish a connection between a local machine and a remote machine that resides behind NAT.

Thomas

July 20, 2021

How to Manage IoT Devices

Managing IoT devices is extremely important, but what is it exactly? Is it really that necessary? How hard can it be and what should be included in such tool? This post will answer everything regarding IoT Management infrastructure, Pros, Risks and the ultimate management platform.

Thomas

July 12, 2021

A Whole New Upswift OTA Update Experience - Here's What We Are Going To See in Upswift's August Platform Release

Here's a quick update of the new improvements that are expected to be released during the beginning of August.

Amit Ezer

July 5, 2021

10 Internet of Things Examples That Will Shake Your World

The future is now! Many exciting things are happening and coming in the near future. Here are internet of things examples that will shake your world.

David Sela

June 27, 2021

Comparison of the Top 5 Single Board Computers

This blog post will compare the best 5 known Single Board computers: Raspberry Pi 4, BeagleBone Black, Nvidia Jetson Nano, Google Coral Board, and the Asus Tinker board 2. From basic specs to OS and performance, here is what you need to know.

Thomas

June 23, 2021

Raspberry Pi Compute Module vs Raspberry Pi 4

This blog post breaks down the main differences between the Raspberry Pi 4 and the new industrial version known as the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4.

David Sela

June 20, 2021

IoT in Industry 4.0 - Deep Explanation

IoT, the general concept as we know, has another version; a more refined one, named IIoT (Industrial IoT) which focuses on the application of instrumentation, connected devices, machinery and sensors widespread in industrial environments. This is also known as the fourth industrial revolution, the Industry 4.0 concept which takes the emphasis on digital technology which has been seeing an exponential evolution in the recent decades.

Kasun Eranda

June 8, 2021

What is the Internet of Things or IoT? 2021 Real Examples

Are you looking for a simple explanation of what the Internet of Things (IoT) is in today's world? You've come to the right place. In simple terms, the Internet of Things goes beyond connecting computers and smartphones to the internet, it's also about other devices, protocols, processes, and environments involved in making all of these things work together.

David Sela

June 2, 2021

Top Best Raspberry Pi Alternatives

What if you wanted to go beyond the Raspberry Pi ecosystem and go for an alternative? What if RaspberryPi is ‘just not packing enough punch’ or ‘too much’? In this post, let’s talk about some of the alternatives to Raspberry Pis and how they perform.

Kasun Eranda

June 2, 2021

The Importance of Live Updates From Smart Agriculture IoT Products

Smart agriculture is on the lips of many in the food industry with how it is blazing a trail for the future. But do you know what smart agriculture is, and how it will help you? This article will discuss the benefits of the Internet of Things to agriculture and how it can help you.

David Sela

May 27, 2021

NRF24 VS LoRa For Wireless Communication Between IoT Devices

In this article, we’ll be talking about the usage of radio transceivers NRF24 and LoRa and their pros and cons when used as wireless devices to transmit data between two Raspberry Pis.

Kasun Eranda

May 24, 2021

IoT Fleet Management Features and Value

This post explores and explains what is IoT Fleet Management platform, what features are important in such a solution, and the value of managing a fleet of connected Linux devices remotely.

Thomas

May 19, 2021

Upswift Product Updates | MAY 2021

Here is what's new with Upswift IoT device management platform - new metrics, better monitoring.

Thomas

May 15, 2021

The Best Way To Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices.

Running docker containers on IoT devices is simple and straightforward. This blog post explains the best way to install Docker engine on any embedded Linux device and the applications that it can be used on.

Thomas

May 11, 2021

What Is ROS and Why It's Needed

This post explained what is ROS and ROS 2 (Robot Operating System) and when it's needed in today's market.

David Sela

May 9, 2021

Using Docker containers in IoT devices - is it a good choice?

This post will try to answer the hard dilemma of using Docker containers in IoT or embedded Linux devices. We will explore the main questions and points that can help us make the right decision.

Amit Ezer

May 3, 2021

What Is An IoT Platform?

You're smart. You know what IoT stands for. But you've been asked to develop an IoT platform, one that will allow your company and clients to streamline their IoT device management.

Kasun Eranda

April 29, 2021

Deploy And Update Docker Containers Remotely on Linux and IoT devices

Deploying devices with complex software might require continuous maintenance of the code and the packages remotely. For those cases, it is recommended to containerize (create docker container) the device application and maintain the device's software by deploying and updating the docker image of the application. This post explains how to deploy and update Docker Containers on IoT and Linux devices using Upswift Containers Update tool.

Thomas

March 31, 2021

Upswift REST API - Triggering Updates

This guide explains how to control the update trigger from the device to stop or start deployments of updates using Upswift REST API, Including ready-to-use Python scripts.

Kasun Eranda

February 18, 2021

Upswift REST API - Monitor device status

This guide explains how to monitor device status using Upswift REST API, Including Python scripts.

Kasun Eranda

February 17, 2021

Upswift REST API - Changing Device Details

This guide explains how to change the device name using Upswift REST API, Including Python scripts - from the device-side, automatically.

Kasun Eranda

February 14, 2021

Upswift REST API - a versatile, multi-purpose toolset to manage Linux devices remotely

Here is a quick introduction to Upswift REST API, including a few use cases and information that will help you deploy thousands of Linux based products to the field easily.

Kasun Eranda

February 10, 2021

Remotely access devices in your local network using port forwarding

In this post, we’ll take a look at how you can access devices that are connected to the same network as your edge Linux device (i.e. accessing printer servers, web-servers (HTTP), IP cameras through your Raspberry Pi, etc.)

Kasun Eranda

February 2, 2021

Linux IoT Device Data Monitoring - How to guide

This blog post explains how to monitor data of your Linux IoT edge devices remotely using a simple method.

Kasun Eranda

January 10, 2021

Remote accessing Linux device SSH using port forwarding

How to use Upswift Remote Access tool (port forwarding) to accessing Linux device SSH remotely from anywhere.

Kasun Eranda

December 23, 2020

Accessing Linux device web applications remotely using port forwarding

How to use Upswift Remote Access tool (port forwarding) to accessing Linux device web application remotely

Kasun Eranda

December 23, 2020

Remote Access to your Linux IoT device through VNC

How to use Upswift Remote Access tool (port forwarding) to accessing Linux device VNC remotely from anywhere.

Kasun Eranda

December 22, 2020

Introduction to the Upswift Linux Process Monitoring Tool

Upswift device management platform is an all-in-one platform for Controlling, Managing and Monitoring your linux-based IoT edge devices from anywhere in the world.

Kasun Eranda

December 10, 2020

Managing Linux devices status

In order to manage hundreds or even thousands of IoT devices a platform with proper tools is required. Such platform should provide us a method to remotely administer and control an entire fleet of devices with ease and simplicity to prevent unnecessary faults.

May 1, 2018

Control and support Linux devices using Remote Control feature

Remote Control feature is recommended to use after deploying a Micro-update or when debugging is required.

January 8, 2019

UpSwift's log feature for Linux devices

When developing software for an embedded product, it is always important to have the option to analyze how the product behaves in the fie...

March 13, 2019

Best Practice Guide - Deploy Micro Update in a production stage

This guide goes over the best practice to deploy Over-The-Air software update to your product fleet.

Thomas

May 19, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Create a micro-update recipe

This guide goes over the best practice to fill and create an Over-The-Air software update to your product fleet.

Thomas

May 19, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Connect edge Linux devices in scale at once

This guide goes over the best practice to connect a fleet of Linux based devices at once to Upswift platform.

Thomas

May 20, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Set ready-to-use BASH commands

This guide goes over the best practice to set a few ready-to-use BASH commands.

Thomas

May 21, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Monitor device resources

This guide goes over the best practice to monitor your device resources using Upswift platform.

Thomas

May 21, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Data Monitor

This guide goes over the best practice to monitor your device software application and any other data value using Upswift platform.

Thomas

May 25, 2020

Best Practice Guide - Deploy Container Update

This guide goes over the best practice to fill and create an Over-The-Air Container update to your product fleet.

Thomas

June 25, 2020

How to connect ANY Linux device to Upswift platform in 60 seconds

Upswift 60 seconds guide on connecting ANY linux-based device. Working out-of-the-box platform with all features included.

Thomas

September 29, 2020

How to manage edge devices in arranged groups

Upswift device management platform designed to manage one to one million of edge devices in absolute ease. In this quick guide we will overview the best practices to manage different types of devices stage, all in order to make your daily product fleet maintained and efficient.

September 29, 2020

Deploy OTA micro update on Linux edge devices

In today's world edge devices are no longer offline, you have to be able to remotely fix, update, alerted about any of your devices. Deploying OTA updates is a necessity and not a nice-to-have feature, therefore, we came up with the perfect solution to suite your most crucial need.

September 30, 2020

Introduction to the Remote Update Tools - Micro Update Tool

Upswift offers you a next generation, Linux-based IoT edge device management solution which offers a sophisticated, purpose-built collection of tools that allows you to control, update and manage your Linux-based edge devices from anywhere in the world.

Thomas

November 28, 2020

SSH Raspberry Pi

Roee Alfasi

August 23, 2021

Get to Grips With IoT Monitoring

Thomas

August 20, 2021

Install Docker-Compose on Raspberry Pi

Roee Alfasi

August 16, 2021

Deploy and Manage Robots the Easy Way

Thomas

August 1, 2021

Reverse SSH Tunneling - From Start to End

Thomas

July 20, 2021

How to Manage IoT Devices

Thomas

July 12, 2021

10 Internet of Things Examples That Will Shake Your World

The future is now! Many exciting things are happening and coming in the near future. Here are internet of things examples that will shake your world.

David Sela

June 27, 2021

IoT in Industry 4.0 - Deep Explanation

Kasun Eranda

June 8, 2021

What is the Internet of Things or IoT? 2021 Real Examples

David Sela

June 2, 2021

The Importance of Live Updates From Smart Agriculture IoT Products

David Sela

May 27, 2021

IoT Fleet Management Features and Value

This post explores and explains what is IoT Fleet Management platform, what features are important in such a solution, and the value of managing a fleet of connected Linux devices remotely.

Thomas

May 19, 2021

The Best Way To Install Docker on a Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices.

Thomas

May 11, 2021

What Is ROS and Why It's Needed

This post explained what is ROS and ROS 2 (Robot Operating System) and when it's needed in today's market.

David Sela

May 9, 2021

Using Docker containers in IoT devices - is it a good choice?

This post will try to answer the hard dilemma of using Docker containers in IoT or embedded Linux devices. We will explore the main questions and points that can help us make the right decision.

Amit Ezer

May 3, 2021

What Is An IoT Platform?

You're smart. You know what IoT stands for. But you've been asked to develop an IoT platform, one that will allow your company and clients to streamline their IoT device management.

Kasun Eranda

April 29, 2021

Best Methods To Updating Embedded Linux Devices

If it's a Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson Nano/Xavier, Variscite's SOMs, BeagleBone, or any other IoT, embedded Linux based device, this post will take you through the best methods to deploy OTA updates in purpose to keep the remote product fleet updated, stable, and secured.

David Sela

April 25, 2021

What Is Port Forwarding For IoT?

This post share some of the challenges you might experience while deploying IoT devices and having the need of accessing them using port forwarding.

David Sela

April 11, 2021

OTA Updates for Remote Devices - Different Methods Explained

This post discusses about what the OTA updates are, their deployment methods, the pros and cons of OTA updates and industry best-practices to ensure smooth and secure update deployment. Over-the-Air updates introduce a plethora of benefits when it comes to both developer-side and client-side.

David Sela

April 8, 2021

What Is Remote SSH? A Guide by the Upswift Team

Sometimes, connecting to an embedded Linux computer from a remote location is needed to complete some sort of work. Learn how to use remote SSH to access IoT devices here.

Thomas

April 4, 2021

Update IoT Devices - Explained And Best Practices

In today’s post, we discuss what’s IoT device updating, why you need to have our IoT devices up-to-date, and methods that are used by developers all over the world to update their devices remotely, along with IoT device update best practices and considerations.

Kasun Eranda

March 30, 2021

How To Remote Access Raspberry Pi From Outside Network

This blog post explains why and how to remotely access (SSH, VNC, and Port forwarding) Raspberry Pi devices from different networks.

Kasun Eranda

March 24, 2021

How IoT Management Can Help Any Company Manage Products Remotely

If you're having trouble managing your products then check out this article to learn how IoT management can help any business manage more efficiently remotely.

David Sela

March 22, 2021

Remote Access IoT Devices: Guide and Examples

Why and how you can remotely access IoT devices - Yocto based Linux, Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, etc. This post explains the idea behind the need and the best solution to control IoT and edge Linux devices using SSH, VNC, Remote commands, port forwarding and other technics, all remotely.

Kasun Eranda

March 17, 2021

Managing Remote Linux Screens And Digital Signage

This post shares the importance of managing today's remote smart screens and digital signages.

Kasun Eranda

March 16, 2021

Raspberry Pi port forwarding solution

We all know how important it is to be able to establish remote SSH or VNC connections into the Raspberry Pi and other embedded Linux IoT devices. The typical method would be to access the disease through SSH from another computer within the local network. However, if you need to access your Raspberry Pi from an external network such as the internet, you will definitely need port forwarding.

David Sela

March 15, 2021

Device management platform for embedded Linux Jetson Nano

This blog post shares why it is important to manage and maintain Embedded Linux devices remotely like the Nvidia Jetson Nano in industrial use cases and how it can be done.

Kasun Eranda

March 13, 2021

IoT update management

Today, each and every industry goes through the revolution of IoT products that requires one place to update and manage their software remotely. From simple software paths to software version management, the deployment of software updates is a difficult mission that needs to be addressed before going to mass production.

Thomas

March 7, 2021

Remotely Secure Linux IoT Devices

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and a few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it.” - Stéphane Nappo. This blog post explains the critical points of securing IoT devices remotely.

David Sela

March 7, 2021

Raspberry Pi Central Management Solution

It’ll not be an exaggeration to state that almost anyone in the Internet of Things community/ industry would undoubtedly admit that the Raspberry Pi has been the most loved Single Board Computer in the past decade, and it still holds the crown to the date, along with numerous other competing SBCs such as Nvidia Jetson series boards and BeagleBone boards (Beagles).

Kasun Eranda

March 1, 2021

Remotely monitor Raspberry Pi CPU/RAM/Disk usage using Resource Monitor tool

When running a Linux device such as Raspberry Pi as an edge device in a remote location, it’s always a smart choice to monitor the resource usage of your device to ensure that there’s ample disk space and memory is available, and the CPU is being utilized properly. This becomes especially useful when your Linux edge is based on a Single Board Computer such as a Raspberry Pi, which inherently has a relatively limited set of resources such as RAM and CPU power.

Kasun Eranda

February 4, 2021

The ultimate remote Linux IoT device management platform in 2021

In this article, we will elaborate on the development and value of device management for remote Linux and IoT devices in any industry or scale. From the movement to embedded Linux based products to today's - 2021 tools and features to manage, control, monitor, update, and secure devices remotely, far from human hands.

David Sela

January 27, 2021

How to access Raspberry Pi by port forwarding with Ngrok

This guide will take you through the steps of using Ngrok to access your Raspberry Pi device local port remotely for remote SSH, VNC, viewing web server and more. including an explanations of what is Ngrok and which path you should consider to take when scaling from a single Linux IoT device to tens and above.

Kasun Eranda

January 22, 2021

Yocto for Raspberry Pi - ready image and guidelines

Here is a great guide we created for flashing a ready-to-use Yocto image for Raspberry Pi that Upswift engineers created for the community. Including a guide for freezing and cloning the image with your application inside!

Amit Ezer

January 20, 2021

IoT Device Management platform

Explaining the requirements behind IoT device management platforms, and how we can achieve them in today's market.

Kasun Eranda

January 3, 2021

Raspberry Pi Port Forwarding - easy way to SSH/VNC/Web-view remotely

Here is a quick explanation of what is port forwarding and how we can use upswift remote access to create our own port forwarding on a Raspberry Pi device or any other Linux based device using Upswift remote access tool.

Kasun Eranda

December 30, 2020

Ansible for edge remote Linux IoT devices

Ansible is an Open-Source software provisioning, configuration management and application deployment tool developed and maintained by Red Hat Software. Ansible runs on many Unix-like operating systems such as Linux

Kasun Eranda

December 7, 2020

UpSwift Linux service architecture

UpSwift Linux service has been designed and developed with several aspects in mind, such as security, lightweight resources, and low bandw...

January 26, 2018

How to choose between linux and rtos for iot project

It’s time to decide, a new IoT project is beginning with the familiar question - should our new single board computer run Linux or Real-T...

May 7, 2019

Why do you need to think twice before moving to the raspberry pi 4 in your next smart product ?

July 9, 2019

Best way to control and manage IoT devices

This blog post shares the best solutions to manage and control IoT and remote Linux devices.

July 12, 2019

Over-the-air software update for linux based product

Over-The-Air software updates for embedded Linux, IoT or any other Linux based product, a critical part of a product maintenance function..

September 11, 2019

Remote updating and control of Embedded linux devices

Any embedded Linux product nowadays that is connected to the internet needs to have a few basic management functionalities.

September 12, 2019

AWS IoT & Azure IoT vs UpSwift Linux device management platform

In this post, we will explain the main differences between Amazon AWS IoT and UpSwift device management platform.

September 29, 2019

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Review

Roee Alfasi

November 19, 2021

NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX vs TX2 NX

Nvidia Jetson's are widely used in the AI and image processing industry due to their high-processing powers. But how are they compared to each other?

Roee Alfasi

August 15, 2021

Comparison of the Top 5 Single Board Computers

Thomas

June 23, 2021

Raspberry Pi Compute Module vs Raspberry Pi 4

This blog post breaks down the main differences between the Raspberry Pi 4 and the new industrial version known as the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4.

David Sela

June 20, 2021

Top Best Raspberry Pi Alternatives

Kasun Eranda

June 2, 2021

NRF24 VS LoRa For Wireless Communication Between IoT Devices

In this article, we’ll be talking about the usage of radio transceivers NRF24 and LoRa and their pros and cons when used as wireless devices to transmit data between two Raspberry Pis.

Kasun Eranda

May 24, 2021

The Ultimate Raspberry Pi Compute Module Carrier Board Comparison

This blog post compares a few of the best carrier boards for Raspberry Pi compute module 4 - from different ports to hardware components.

David Sela

April 22, 2021

What’s the Best Raspberry Pi 4G Modem? Here's a Comparison

This post explains the differences between different cellular modems for Raspberry Pi. Compering Waveshare and Sixfab products.

Thomas

April 19, 2021

Installing CUDA on Nvidia Jetson Nano

in this post, we’ll be discussing the Nvidia CUDA framework, the use cases of the framework and how to install it on the Jetson Nano Single Board Computer.

Kasun Eranda

April 14, 2021

Nvidia Jetson Nano vs Xavier NX

As most developers know, the Nvidia Jetson series represents one of the most interesting SBCs (single-board computers) available on the market today.

David Sela

April 12, 2021

Raspberry Pi 5 - What We Are Going To See

Rumour has it that the Raspberry 5 is in the works. In this post, we’ll be discussing what we would like to see in the next iteration of the Raspberry Pi single-board computer series, and the improvements we expect it to have from the current generation.

Kasun Eranda

March 29, 2021

Introduction to Raspberry Pi Pico - a Microprocessor like Microcontroller

Three days ago, the Raspberry Pi Foundation released the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. As always, the tech enthusiasts and hobbyists community are starting to take off on this tiny little development board, and we thought we’d share our take as well on the all-new Raspberry Pi Pico with you.

Kasun Eranda

January 25, 2021