Why use thingsspeak?

What is the purpose of using things speak?

Can't we directly connect things/sensors to MATLAB without using thingsspeak if our sensors have internet?

Answer 1

[Dheeraj]

Hi ABTJ,

ThingSpeak is an IoT analytics service that allows you to aggregate, visualize, and analyze live data streams in the cloud. ThingSpeak provides instant visualizations of data posted by your devices to ThingSpeak.

In case you choose to connect your sensors directly to MATLAB you will need to manage data collection, storage, and retrieval yourself, possibly setting up a local or cloud-based server to handle these tasks.

As the number of sensors and data volume grows, you will need to ensure that your infrastructure can scale accordingly and involves lot of complexities configuring network and firewalls.

Using ThinkSpeak you can send data from any internet-connected device directly to ThingSpeak using a Rest API or MQTT. With the ability to execute MATLAB code in ThingSpeak, you can perform online analysis and process data as it comes in.

While direct connection to MATLAB is feasible, ThingSpeak simplifies many aspects of IoT data handling, making it a convenient and powerful platform for managing and analyzing sensor data. With ThingSpeak, you can store and analyze data in the cloud without configuring web servers

Thank you.

[ABTJ]

Thanks alot for your detailed response. What i am able to understand from your answer advice, the main idea is

In case you choose to connect your sensors directly to MATLAB you will need to manage data collection, storage, and retrieval yourself, possibly setting up a local or cloud-based server to handle these tasks.

As the number of sensors and data volume grows, you will need to ensure that your infrastructure can scale accordingly and involves lot of complexities configuring network and firewalls.

So what if we have only few senors, in that scenario, is it recommended to use only MATLAB without using thingsspeak?