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Multi-Tenant IoT Platform: A Guide for IntegratorsA multi-tenant IoT platform is the difference between serving twelve clients and running twelve separate systems in order to do it.
IoT Device Management: Provisioning, OTA, and LifecycleIoT device management starts to hurt the day a project stops being a pilot, and it always arrives as the same question: who holds the list of installed units, a
How to Connect an Ecowitt or Davis Weather StationHow to get Ecowitt and Davis weather station data out of the vendor app and into an IoT platform, with the differences between the Ecowitt API v3 and the WeatherLink v2 API.
Key protocols
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BACnet
Open protocol for building automation (HVAC)
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Edificio / campus
- Consumo
- Low
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Ultra-low energy connectivity for wearables and proximity
- Tipo
- Short-range
- Alcance
- 10-100 m según PHY
- Consumo
- Ultra-low
- C
CAN bus
Robust serial bus for automotive and industry
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Bus (depende de la velocidad)
- Consumo
- Low
CoAP
CoAP (RFC 7252) brings GET/POST/PUT/DELETE to devices with 8 KB of RAM over UDP. How Observe and DTLS work, and when to pick it over MQTT.
- Tipo
- Request/Response
- Alcance
- —
- K
KNX
Worldwide standard for home and building automation
- Tipo
- Wired
- Alcance
- Bus de edificio
- Consumo
- Low
- L
LTE-M
Cellular IoT with mobility and voice
- Tipo
- Cellular
- Alcance
- Cobertura celular del operador
- Consumo
- Low
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Ecosystem companies
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Adafruit
Hardware manufacturer · 🇺🇸 US
Open hardware, breakouts and learning for makers
Arduino
Hardware manufacturer · 🇮🇹 IT
Open source hardware and software platform for makers
Bosch Sensortec
Hardware manufacturer · 🇩🇪 DE
MEMS and environmental sensors (BME280, BME680)
Nordic Semiconductor
Hardware manufacturer · 🇳🇴 NO
Specialist in low-power wireless connectivity
Raspberry Pi
Hardware manufacturer · 🇬🇧 GB
Single-board computers and RP2040/RP2350 microcontrollers
STMicroelectronics
Hardware manufacturer · 🇨🇭 CH
European semiconductor maker: STM32, sensors and ToF