Temboo releases Cloud Controls

TEMBOO, the NYC startup with a code generation engine and visual interface for programming the Internet of Things, has publicly released Cloud Controls.

With a single Temboo-generated code snippet, factory supervisors, innovation departments, life science labs, and CTOs can instantly connect their devices, view sensor data on the web, and control anything connected to a GPIO pin. 

The Indian food company, Monginis already uses the code to program contaminant detection machines and commercial freezer monitoring systems at their factories. The Cloud Controls enables them to see all of their Temboo-powered devices simultaneously at temboo.com, review historical sensor data that’s automatically converted from analog readings into real world units, and control motors and other actuators with just a click.

Ensuring food safety

For Hashim Kahily, Factory Engineer at Monginis, this means being able to ensure food safety and prevent product loss without requiring extensive time or additional resources from his company. He’s also helping the bottom line and the environment – food recalls cost $10M on average before taking into account lost sales, brand damage, and impact on health, and food waste costs India nearly $9B a year while consuming precious land, freshwater, and energy.

Mr Kahily was able to take on these challenges and achieve success with Temboo using low cost hardware to retrofit his existing machinery at multiple factories in weeks. “All in all I’m simply loving Temboo,” he says.

Everything in Cloud Controls is designed to minimize power consumption, memory usage, and data bandwidth, so that companies and developers can quickly add robust IoT capabilities to any machine and in any setting. “Even existing legacy equipment that’s never been connected before, like on-vehicle weighing systems for commercial trucks or backup power generators, can be brought online and into the Internet of Things,” says Temboo co-founder Trisala Chandaria. “Without having to commit significant time, money, or other resources, Cloud Controls means individuals at companies can build flexible IoT applications in a few clicks and implement them quickly.” This is all possible thanks to the key benefits built into Temboo’s generated code:

• Streamlined support for analog and digital sensors for measuring light, motion, temperature, and more, including 4-20mA sensors and with leading sensors from Honeywell, TE Connectivity, Analog Devices, and others pre-integrated into Temboo for faster setup. Temboo’s generated code takes care of all the conversions into real world units so that graphs and data provide actionable intelligence from the start.

• A 218x - 1128x increase in sensor unit conversion speeds since Temboo can process calculations in the cloud as opposed to on the embedded device.

• Offline resiliency so that intermittent connectivity doesn’t affect the continuity of data. Devices can store up to 70,000 readings offline and automatically post them once connectivity is restored--nearly 7 weeks of data when posting every minute.

• Access to web-based controls that allow actuators like motors to be turned on or off remotely with the push of a button and enable the retrieval of current sensor data readings.

• Flexible device configuration that includes customizable alert thresholds for sensor readings and a range of intervals and options for logging data

Existing enterprise customers already have access to Cloud Controls, and new users can sign up for a preview as part of a free 30-day trial. More sensor and actuator types and brands are also being incorporated into Cloud Controls in addition to support for chipsets from semiconductor companies like Texas Instruments, Samsung, and Arduino that ship Temboo software libraries in their hardware development platforms.