IoT basics, current trends,
the futureCharalampos Doukas
@BuildingIoT
IoT Day 9th April 2013, Trento, Italy
#iotitaly
What is the IoT ?Many definitions / examples:
Devices / Objects Services
Collect Information
Visualize Data Remote
Control
Smart Control
One Example
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> 250 IoT Projects + …..
IoT BasicsWhat does an IoT project need?
Device(s) that can communicate
Applications
Web
Smartphone
Car
…
Users
Devices that can communicate
MicrocontrollerThe ‘brain’ controls everythingReads input from sensorsDrives outputs
LED, Switch, Motor,…Communicates!
Network interfaces
Power source
How can we build them?
How can we build them?
IoT: What do we currently have?
Some devices communicating with some servicesMany community projects (Makers)Some commercial products
IoT: What do we need?
Objects
Objects
Objects
Objects
Services
Services
Services
IoT: What do we need?
How to we build this?
1
Get Information Control Devices
Open APIs -> Is it enough?
Solution?Gateways (Routers) with wireless interfaces
integratedWiFiZigBeeZwaveBluetooth
Common Protocol
2
What the future shall bring?
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