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The Azure IoT Handbook

By : Dan Clark
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The Azure IoT Handbook

By: Dan Clark

Overview of this book

With the rise of cloud-based computing, deploying IoT systems has become more cost-effective for businesses. This transformation has led to developers and architects shouldering the responsibility of creating, managing, and securing these systems, even if they are new to the IoT technology. The Azure IoT Handbook is a comprehensive introduction to quickly bring you up to speed in this rapidly evolving landscape. Starting with the basic building blocks of any IoT system, this book guides you through mobile device management and data collection using an IoT hub. You’ll explore essential tools for system security and monitoring. Following data collection, you’ll delve into real-time data analytics using Azure Stream Analytics and view real-time streaming on a Power BI dashboard. Packed with real-world examples, this book covers common IoT use as well. By the end of this IoT book, you’ll know how to design and develop IoT solutions leveraging intelligent edge-to-cloud technologies implemented on Azure.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Part 1: Capturing Data from Remote Devices
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Part 2: Processing the Data
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Part 3: Processing the Data

Exploring EdgeHub

The EdgeHub module is another core module within the Azure IoT Edge runtime, and its purpose is to enable communication and message routing between modules running on an IoT Edge device. Here are the key purposes and functionalities of the EdgeHub module:

  • Message routing: The EdgeHub module acts as a message broker, facilitating communication between modules running on the IoT Edge device. It receives messages from the modules and routes them to the appropriate destination modules based on message routing rules defined in the deployment manifest.
  • Local communication: The EdgeHub module allows modules to communicate with each other locally within a device. Modules can send messages to other modules running on the same device through EdgeHub, enabling modular and decoupled application architectures.
  • Cloud connectivity: The EdgeHub module establishes a secure connection with Azure IoT Hub, enabling bi-directional communication between the IoT Edge device...