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Technical articles on everything in the Internet of Things, from Arduino to Zephyr. Written by developers, for developers.

Detecting Anomalous Devices With Notehub Smart Fleets banner

July 30, 2025

Detecting Anomalous Devices With Notehub Smart Fleets

A guide to using Notehub smart fleets to automatically detect anomalous devices—such as those that are tipped, tampered with, or reporting faulty sensor data.

TJ VanToll
TJ VanTollPrincipal Developer Advocate
July 7, 2025

Taking Payments with Stripe and Notecard

Learn how to use Stripe Payment Links and Notecard to easily take payments with your IoT system.

Alex Bucknall
Alex BucknallStaff Developer Experience Engineer
June 25, 2025

Using Batch Jobs to Automate Notehub Workflows

Learn how to use batch jobs to make project-wide changes, generate reports, provision devices, and more.

TJ VanToll
TJ VanTollPrincipal Developer Advocate
June 10, 2025

Perform Notecard Outboard Firmware Updates with GitHub Actions

Use the Notehub ODFU GitHub Action to stage updates to the firmware of your Notecard host.

Alex Bucknall
Alex BucknallStaff Developer Experience Engineer
June 2, 2025

Bridging the Gap: LTE Cat-1 bis and the Future of 5G IoT

What is LTE Cat-1 bis and how does it impact the future of 5G in the IoT?

Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations
May 23, 2025

Model Context Protocol: Is it the USB-C for AI applications?

The Model Context Protocol is a new standard for passing context between AI models. Manage Notecard and Notehub with ease!

Alex Bucknall
Alex BucknallStaff Developer Experience Engineer
May 14, 2025

Comparing Off-the-Shelf Cellular IoT Modules with Blues Notecard

Follow my journey of trying to replicate just some of the features Notecard and Notehub provide, using an off-the-shelf cellular board from Arduino.

Rob Lauer
Rob LauerSenior Director of Developer Relations