Hello guys. I need to connect my embedded device to local server (to be able to see some results on dashboard). No internet connectivity is required for this.
Kindly propose a suitable wifi module? I know esp8266 can be used for this purpose, but I am looking for something from silicon labs, as my other module is from the same vendor.
Also, Kindly tell me if it is possible to make a dashboard which takes data from multiple wifi modules and display it on the dashboard (preferably doing some analytics at computer application side)
P.S. Everything is locally, no internet no cloud.
Thanks and Regards,
Looks like Silicon Labs have number of wifi solutions, but I've never used any of them. There's no special need to get all your components from one vendor though.
As to building a dashboard on your server, of course you can. One common method is to run a XAMP server. You send sensor data to a web page using a GET request. Then store it on the server, MySQL is a popular choice due to the price, but there are many other options or even just plain text files.
Then build a web page using your language of choice that reads and analyzes the data and renders the dashboard. PHP is what's usually implied by XAMP, but again, there are many other ways to do it.
OK Thanks that helped. Yes I am now thinking of using esp8266. But I am curious whether there are commercial products that use esp8266.