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Internet of Things for Architects

By : Perry Lea
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Internet of Things for Architects

By: Perry Lea

Overview of this book

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the fastest growing technology market. Industries are embracing IoT technologies to improve operational expenses, product life, and people's well-being. An architectural guide is necessary if you want to traverse the spectrum of technologies needed to build a successful IoT system, whether that's a single device or millions of devices. This book encompasses the entire spectrum of IoT solutions, from sensors to the cloud. We start by examining modern sensor systems and focus on their power and functionality. After that, we dive deep into communication theory, paying close attention to near-range PAN, including the new Bluetooth® 5.0 specification and mesh networks. Then, we explore IP-based communication in LAN and WAN, including 802.11ah, 5G LTE cellular, Sigfox, and LoRaWAN. Next, we cover edge routing and gateways and their role in fog computing, as well as the messaging protocols of MQTT and CoAP. With the data now in internet form, you'll get an understanding of cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. We wrap up the analytics portion of the book with the application of statistical analysis, complex event processing, and deep learning models. Finally, we conclude by providing a holistic view of the IoT security stack and the anatomical details of IoT exploits while countering them with software defined perimeters and blockchains.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The IoT Story

Input devices


There are many other forms of sensing devices we haven't talked about in this chapter, including various gas sensors, humidity sensors, radon and radiation sensors, smoke sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and so on. This chapter, however, should give the reader a working knowledge of the sensor input fundamentals and challenges in choosing the correct sensing options.

Up to this point, we have discussed endpoint devices such as sensors. These devices send a constant stream of data to an edge device, or the cloud. The IoT consists of bi-directional systems. Input may arrive at an endpoint from the cloud, or data may be sent from an endpoint to multiple subscribers in the cloud. This short section covers basic actuators and output devices.  

Output devices

Output devices in the IoT ecosphere can be just about anything, from a simple LED to a full video system. Other types of output include actuators, stepper motors, speakers and audio systems, industrial valves, and so on. It stands...