Tutorial Archives - The Golioth Developer Blog https://blog.golioth.io/tag/tutorial/ Golioth, Zephyr, and IoT Development News and How Tos Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:53:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.golioth.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cropped-Golioth_Symbol_Coral_RGB-1-32x32.png Tutorial Archives - The Golioth Developer Blog https://blog.golioth.io/tag/tutorial/ 32 32 Get started with Bluetooth and Golioth Connectivity https://blog.golioth.io/get-started-with-bluetooth-and-golioth-connectivity/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:55:54 +0000 https://blog.golioth.io/?p=10016 Golioth just announced Bluetooth Support...but how can you get started? This post walks you through the installation steps and has a signup for an upcoming livestream on August 29th where we'll go through the entire workflow together.

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]]> How to Write a Zephyr Device Driver with a Custom API https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-write-a-zephyr-device-driver-with-a-custom-api/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:39:00 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=7639 Learn the ins and outs of the Zephyr driver subsystem and learn how to write your own custom driver APIs the Zephyr way!

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]]> Debugging nRF9160 Zephyr applications with Ozone https://blog.golioth.io/debugging-nrf9160-zephyr-applications-with-ozone/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:22:58 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=5250 Ozone is a free graphical debugger for embedded firmware from SEGGER. It’s a powerful tool that can give you deep visibility into what’s happening in your embedded system. It’s especially useful when debugging nRF9160 Zephyr apps. Sorting out multiple threads and multi image builds can be tough, but this is the tool you want. In […]

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]]> How to turn Helper Code into a Zephyr Module https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-turn-helper-code-into-a-zephyr-module/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:28:41 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=5247 Embedded developers always maintain sets of helper code that get used across multiple projects. With Zephyr RTOS, you can easily turn your helper code into a portable Zephyr module. Creating a Zephyr module means you can version control your code, making changes in one centralized place, while targeting a specific git commit, tag, or branch […]

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]]> Filtering IoT Sensor Data with Golioth Rest API Queries in Grafana https://blog.golioth.io/filtering-iot-sensor-data-with-golioth-rest-api-queries-in-grafana/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:56:38 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=4894 Golioth collects data from your entire IoT sensor fleet and makes it easy to access from the cloud. Data visualization is a common use case and we love using Grafana to make dashboards for our fleets. It can start to get tricky if your devices are sending back mountains of different data. We’ll demonstrate how […]

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]]> How to Get Network Information from a Nordic nRF9160 Cellular Modem https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-get-network-information-from-a-nordic-nrf9160-cellular-modem/ Tue, 23 May 2023 14:57:45 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=4544 Cellular-enabled devices are often deployed into far-flung locations. They are quite likely to be out of reach from physical access once deployed. Having a way to verify the network status for a device is really important to maintaining a fleet. Nordic Semiconductors (makers of the nRF9160) built tools for returning cellular connection info into the […]

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]]> Using VScode for ESP-IDF and Golioth https://blog.golioth.io/using-vscode-for-esp-idf-and-golioth/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:07:45 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=3921 You can use VScode when working with Golioth's ESP-IDF SDK. This guide walks through the process of setting up the ESP-IDF extension for VScode, then shows how to build, flash, and run the golioth-basics example application.

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]]> How to add Golioth to any ESP-IDF project https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-add-golioth-to-any-esp-idf-project/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:37:33 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=3620 Adding Golioth device management to your existing ESP-IDF project is easy. In this post we show how to add Golioth as a submodule and configure the ESP-IDF build to enable the API calls. This brings OTA firmware updates, data management, and device control to any ESP32 IoT device.

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]]> How To Visualize A “Fleet View” For Your IoT Deployment https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-visualize-a-fleet-view-for-your-iot-deployment/ Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:57:54 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=3596 As you add more devices to your IoT deployment, you want to know all of their statuses at once. We show you how to create a custom "fleet view" dashboard using Grafana.

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]]> How to do ESP32 OTA Updates using Golioth and ESP-IDF https://blog.golioth.io/how-to-do-esp32-ota-updates-using-golioth-and-esp-idf/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:17:48 +0000 https://goliothblogdev.wpenginepowered.com/?p=3565 The most sought-after Golioth feature is OTA, also known as Over-the-Air firmware updates. When you put an IoT device into the field it’s crucial that you be able to push firmware updates to it without human intervention. Golioth makes simplifies the process for your ESP-IDF projects. Today we’re walking through the OTA process: Build and […]

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