Thingy:52 IOTA Data Marketplace Publisher

The Thingy:52 IOTA Data Marketplace Publisher (Thingy IDMP Publisher) allows for connecting to the Nordic Semiconductor Thingy:52 throug Web Bluetooth, to collect sensor readings. The sensor data can then be sent to the IOTA Data Marketplace (IDMP). This is all done from within the web browser.

The Thingy IDMP Publisher was developed by a group of students from NTNU as part of their bachelor project.

Setup

To get this application running for debug or production, you need:

• node
• npm

Clone the repository and navigate to the project directory in the terminal. To get a dev install running:

• Run npm install
• Run npm run dev
• In a web browser, open http://loalhost:8000/

Using the Application

Web Bluetooth

This application currently only work in Google Chorme (or Chromium) version 56 or above because of the requirement for Web Bluetooth. Make sure to enable the 'Experimental Web Platform Features', by going to chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features.

IOTA Data Marketplace

To publish data to the IDMP, and IDMP device is needed, and creating this device requires an account on the IDMP dashboard. First, create an account, and then use one of the following methods to add an IDMP device.

Creating Device using the Publisher (recommended)

To simplify this process, we have included a small tool for creating devices.

• Click the Add Thingy button in the application.
• Log in to the IDMP dashboard using your Google account.
• Copy Your API Key and Your User ID from the IDMP into API key and Owner fields, respectivly.
• Fill in the rest of the fields, and select what channels to add.
• Click Save Changes, and wait for the process to complete.

The selected Device ID, and a Secret Key will be filled out automatically in the app.

Creating a Device using IDMP Dashboard (alternative)

• Log into the IDMP dashboard as described above.
• Click the New Device card, and fill in the relevant information. The Thingy IDMP Publisher currently supports the following fields:

Field ID	Field Name	Field Unit
temperature	Temperature	C
humidity	Humidity	%
pressure	Pressure	hPa
co2	CO2	ppm
voc	VOC	ppb

• Submit the data
• Download the Publish Script
• Unpack the zip, and open index.js
• Copy the uuid and secretKey variable values into the Device ID and Secret Key fields of the application, respectivly.