Blog posts tagged
"iot snaps"

6 posts

gbeuzeboc
25 September 2024

TurtleBot3 OpenCR firmware update from a snap

Article IoT

The TurtleBot3 robot is a standard platform robot in the ROS community, and it’s a reference that Canonical knows well, since we’ve used it in our tutorials. As a matter of fact, we use it to demonstrate some of our work, such as distributing a ROS stack through snaps. This robot embeds two boards, a

gbeuzeboc
25 September 2024

Igor Ljubuncic
3 December 2021

Ubuntu Frame – A picture is worth a thousand snaps

Article Internet of Things

The development of graphical applications intended for use on IoT devices isn’t trivial. The complexity goes beyond the usual challenges that exist in the classic desktop and server domains. One, the IoT world is much less mature. Two, developers need to take into consideration various edge cases that do not apply to...

Igor Ljubuncic
3 December 2021

Eric Jensen
18 March 2019

The path to Ubuntu Core

Article Internet of Things

At Canonical, helping customers overcome their challenges is what we do every day. In the IoT world, a common challenge we encounter is customers who are interested in transitioning to Ubuntu Core and the snapcraft.io ecosystem, but are unsure how to begin. This post covers the recommended approach. In most cases, it’s...

Eric Jensen
18 March 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Snapistics – Snaps in numbers

Article Cloud and server

Actions speak louder than words. So do numbers. When we talk about snaps, we often focus on the application packages, and talk about their individual merits. However, a no less important – and interesting – facet is the collective numbers behind the scenes. They tell a compelling story for developers and users alike....

Igor Ljubuncic
10 October 2018

Maarten Ectors
13 March 2017

The smart multi-personality vending machine

Article Internet of Things

This vending machine is unlike you have seen before. It is a telecom operator in a box. Minutes later it cures the chronic ill via an Uber for Doctors and saves public health care billions. Sell you a house. Be your bank. Anything is possible.   The vending machine we displayed at MWC 2017 was

Maarten Ectors
13 March 2017

didrocks
3 November 2016

10 IoT-focused desktop snaps written in October

Article Desktop

This month we’ve selected 10 of our favourite IoT targeted snaps! And to recap for those of you that may not know, snaps are a new way for developers to package their apps, bringing with it many advantages over the more traditional package formats such as .deb, .rpm, and others. They are secure, isolated and

didrocks
3 November 2016