# FutureBoard and ThingSpeak

ThingSpeak is free to use, however its settings may be difficult for beginners. This tutorial is suitable for complete beginners to start using ThingSpeak with FutureBoard.

### Registering a ThingSpeak Account

Follow the instructions to register for a ThingSpeak account.

[ThingSpeak Introduction](https://kittenbothk-eng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Wifibrick/IoTPlatform/Thinkspeak.html)

### Setting Up ThingSpeak Platform

#### Create a new Channel

Create a new channel.

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Choose a name for your channel.

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Other fields can be ignored, click Save Channel.

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Open the Sharing tab.

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The Access with change to “Public”.

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#### Add a new device[](https://kittenbothk-eng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Wifibrick/futureboard/thingspeak.html#add-a-new-device)

Open the Devices menu, select MQTT.

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Add a new device.

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Select the channels accessible by this device and click Add Channel.

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Click Add Device.

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IMPORTANT! These MQTT Credentials are used for connecting to ThingSpeak! Please save or download the credentials as they can’t be seen after closing this page.

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### KittenBlock Coding

KittenBlock is recommending for beginners.

#### Connecting to ThingSpeak

Build the following program with the following parameters to connect to ThingSpeak.

* MQTT Host: mqtt3.thingspeak.com
* ID: ThingSpeak Device ID
* Username: ThingSpeak Device ClientID
* Password: ThingSpeak Device Password

![](https://kittenbothk-eng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/143.png)

#### Publishing to ThingSpeak Channel

We need the Channel ID for publishing. The channel ID is displayed on the Channel page as a 7-digit number.

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Build the following program to publish a data to ThingSpeak:

* MQTT Topic: channels/\[Channel ID]/publish
* Message: field\[field No.]=\[Numeric Data]

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On the ThingSpeak page, you can see the published data.

![](https://kittenbothk-eng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/173.png)

#### Subscribing to ThingSpeak Channel

We can read the channel data by subscribing to the channel.

* MQTT Topic: channels/\[Channel ID]/subscribe/fields/field\[field No.]

Press A to publish a message to the channel, FutureBoard will display the data received.

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