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?

About meIoT Maker

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