{"id":3686,"date":"2023-07-06T08:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T08:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2023-08-01T08:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T08:24:41","slug":"thingspeak-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/06\/thingspeak-getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0ThingSpeak \u2013 Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go to ThingSpeak<\/a>&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/\">https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/<\/a>)&nbsp; &nbsp;an click the \u201c<strong>Get Started for Free<\/strong>\u201d button to create a new account. This account is linked to a MathWorks account. So, if you already have a MathWorks account, you should log in with that account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.1.jpg 511w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.1-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;click the \u201c<strong>Get Started for Free<\/strong>\u201d button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.2.jpg 460w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fill the fields the click on \u201cContinues\u201d Button<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.3.jpg 469w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.3-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Creating New Channel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After your account is ready, sign in, open the \u201c<strong>Channels<\/strong>\u201d tab and select \u201c<strong>My Channels<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.4.jpg 436w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Press the \u201cNew Channel\u201d button to create a new channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.5.jpg 463w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.5-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Type a name for your channel and add a description. In this example, we\u2019ll just publish temperature. If you want to publish multiple readings (like humidity and pressure), you can enable more fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.6.jpg 473w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.6-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the&nbsp;<strong>Save Channel<\/strong>&nbsp;button to create and save your channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Customizing Chart<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The chart can be customized, go to your&nbsp;<strong>Private View<\/strong>&nbsp;tab and click on the edit icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.7.jpg 453w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.7-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>API Key<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To send values from the ESP8266 to ThingSpeak, you need the Write API Key. Open the \u201c<strong>API Keys<\/strong>\u201d tab and copy the Write API Key to a safe place because you\u2019ll need it in a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.8.jpg 477w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.8-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations your thingspeak Account Setup is successfully completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.9.jpg 491w, https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Fig.9-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go to ThingSpeak&nbsp; (https:\/\/thingspeak.com\/)&nbsp; &nbsp;an click the \u201cGet Started for Free\u201d button to create a new account. This account is linked to a MathWorks account. So, if you already have a MathWorks account, you should log in with that account. &nbsp;click the \u201cGet Started for Free\u201d button Fill the fields the click on \u201cContinues\u201d Button &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/06\/thingspeak-getting-started\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[428],"tags":[429,418,445,435,432,430,446],"class_list":["post-3686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-for-iot","tag-arduino","tag-arduino-uno","tag-cloud","tag-cool-mad-kits","tag-dolphin-labs","tag-project-kits","tag-thingspeak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3686\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectkitsandparts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}