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Internet of Things from Scratch

By : Renaldi Gondosubroto
Book Image

Internet of Things from Scratch

By: Renaldi Gondosubroto

Overview of this book

Develop the skills essential for building Internet of Things solutions with this indispensable guide. In an era where industries heavily rely on IoT, this book will quickly familiarize you with its foundations, widespread use, implementation guided by best practices, and the crucial technologies that allow it to work effectively. Starting with the use of IoT in real-life scenarios, this book offers comprehensive insights into basic IoT hardware, protocols, and technologies. You’ll then learn about architecting and implementing solutions such as wireless sensor networks, cloud computing with AWS, and crucial security considerations. You’ll understand how these systems are operated and monitored over time and work with simple to complex, industry-grade systems, adhering to best practices. In later chapters, you’ll be apprised of future IoT trends and strategies to manage the risks and opportunities that come with them. You’ll also get to grips with a diverse set of tools, including hardware such as ESP32 and Raspberry Pi, and software such as Mosquitto and ChatGPT for generative AI capabilities. By the end of this IoT book, you’ll be able to independently build and design complex, industry-standard solutions fully aligned with best practices.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with the Internet of Things
6
Part 2: Developing and Optimizing IoT Systems for Smart Environments
11
Part 3: Operating, Maintaining, and Securing IoT Networks
16
Part 4: Delving into Complex Systems and the Future of IoT

Working with Cloud Computing to Power IoT Solutions

IoT devices obtain and process large amounts of data that needs to be stored, analyzed, and acted upon both in real time and near real time. This is where cloud computing comes in, as it is a powerful resource for providing the necessary flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness needed to handle the data that is provided by these devices. Cloud computing is the provision of computer system resources on demand, without manual active intervention by the user. Instead, it is mostly managed by a cloud vendor.

Cloud computing is especially popular because you don’t have to procure and maintain hardware; instead, the cloud vendor maintains that for you. These cloud services are also distributed over multiple locations, allowing you to avoid a single point of failure and have resilience in having multiple zones that store your data, which is critical when you have production environments that require continuous access to...