Blocks application notes provide inspiration and make it easy to try out ideas, hone your Blocks skills and learn best practices. Many application note come with a complete set of files that includes everything you need to run it on your Blocks system (see below for installation notes).

• Audio guide application
• A remote control sending Blocks to Spots
• Displaying a clickable 3D object
• Creating a 360 degree panorama
• A before/after comparision
• Create a staggered slideshow over multiple screens controlled by a task.
• Synchronize a task to the progress of a video
• Use Deep Zoom as a custom HTML web block
• Subtitles and Closed Captions
• Simple Quiz

• Use live video in Blocks
• Network camera over RTSP

• Art-Net/DMX512 Control
• Use Nexmosphere sensors and actuators
• Use a linear position sensor to move content
• Remote control of a PC from Blocks
• Zigbee Lights and Power Switches

• Displaying an External Data Source using Feeds
• Use a Google Calendar as a feed in Blocks
• Rendering a local CSV file data using a Feed
• Use a text file to provide some text data to Blocks
• Rendering a Google spreadsheet data using a Feed
• Populate a slideshow with images in a folder

• Clocks and Time-keeping
• World clock
• Animated wall clock
• A basic countdown timer
• Sun Clock and Sun Angle

• Listing Detailed Spot Information
• Monitoring Display Spot Connections
• Partial password protection
• Send the server logs over email
• Adding a "Ken Burns" effect to a slideshow

• Set up the Zebra EC30 as audio guide device
• Controlling devices with RS232/RS485 serial data with Moxa Nport
• Controlling a device by emulating an IR remote
• Postion tracking sensor with bar code reader

• Integrating a Spot with a custom web page
• Basic Interaction from a Custom Web Page
• Advanced Interaction from a Custom Web Page
• A clickable, interactive map
• Take a photo and publish to a Spot
• Scribble on one Spot then publish to another Spot
• Adding hand-drawn elements to a photo
• Text Ticker
• 3D or interactive content based on Unity

• Custom Styling with CSS

Many application notes come with a complete set of files (commonly referred to as a "Blocks root") for running the application on your own blocks server. To use such a Blocks root, follow these instructions.