Cloud Architecture

Internet of Everything Meetup

Mumbai, India
December 18th, 2014

Contents

Introduction to Internet of Things

Introduction to the Cloud
IOT Architecture
IOT Gateways
IOT Sensor Interfaces
IOT Network Interfaces
Cloud Architecture
Data Acquisition
Data Storage and Aggregation
Data Analytics
User Interfaces

Introduction to Internet of
Things

Introduction to Internet of Things

Source: Wikipedia

Introduction to Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a scenario in which objects, animals or people are provided with unique
identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or humanto-computer interaction. IoT has evolved from the convergence of wireless technologies, microelectromechanical systems and the Internet.
A thing, in the Internet of Things, can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a
biochip transponder, an automobile that has built-in sensors to alert the driver when tire pressure is low
-- or any other natural or man-made object that can be assigned an IP address and provided with the
ability to transfer data over a network. So far, the Internet of Things has been most closely associated
with machine-to-machine (M2M) communication in manufacturing and power, oil and gas utilities.
Products built with M2M communication capabilities are often referred to as being smart.

Introduction to the Cloud

Introduction to the Cloud

Source: Wikipedia

Introduction to the Cloud

Cloud computing is typically defined as a type of computing that relies on sharing computing
resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle applications.
In cloud computing, the word cloud (also phrased as "the cloud") is used as a metaphor for "the
Internet," so the phrase cloud computing means "a type of Internet-based computing," where different
services such as servers, storage and applications are delivered to an organization's computers
and devices through the Internet.

IoT Architecture

IoT Architecture

Source: Dzone

IoT Architecture

An IOT platform has basically three building blocks

1. Things
2. Gateway
3. Network and Cloud

Source: Intel

IoT Gateway

IoT Gateway

Beaglebone Back

Raspberry Pi

Intel Galileo

The heart of a cloud platform could use open source boards like the Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black,
Intel Galileo etc. These are usual Linux boards that run different flavours of Linux like Raspbian on the
Raspberry Pi, Angstrom on the Beaglebone etc. These boards interface with devices on the one hand
and the cloud platform on the other.

IoT Sensor Interfaces

Sensor Interfaces

RS-485 to Serial

Raspberry Pi
Xbee Mesh network

Lets take a look at the device interfaces. So for example, devices could interface with the Raspberry
Pi over RS-485, and Xbee. An RS-485 network allows a multi-dropped serial wired network allowing a
host of devices to connect. The Xbee creates a wireless mesh network allowing large number of
wireless devices to connect. These are open source interfaces and allows creation of a large sensor
network. We could also use the GPIO on the Raspberry Pi for physical inputs.

IoT Network Interfaces

Network Interfaces

Wi-Fi dongle

Raspberry Pi

GPRS shield

The next interface we look at is the cloud interface. This is achieved using a simple WiFi dongle or a GPRS shield. The
WiFi dongle interfaces over USB and the GPRS shield uses the serial interface. Also available is the Ethernet port
which could be used for interface.

Cloud Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Source: iotechnology.com

Cloud Architecture

Source: Microsoft

Cloud Architecture

Source: Aeris

Cloud Data Acquisition

Cloud Data Acquisition

Now lets take a look at data acquisition on the Cloud platform. Id recommend use of a very good open-source
implementation called Ponte, developed by Matteo Collina (@matteocollina). It supports three of the most widely
used protocols for gateway interfaces, namely HTTP, MQTT and COAP. It support multiple databases like
MongoDB, Redis and LevelDB. Also has an inbuilt pub-sub mechanism for publishing and subscribing to other
devices over multiple protocols.

Data Analytics

Data Analytics

User Interfaces

Cloud View

The Cloud view requires connecting to a data store, web server/ framework for handling requests and a robust clientside library. Id recommend using the open-source MEAN stack (MongoDB, Expressjs, AngularJS and Node.js)

Thank You.
Anand George

@anandgeor

Software Developer,
MachinePulse, Mumbai
@machine_pulse

MachinePulse

MachinePulse

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