Internet of Things: Connectivity and Data Intelligence

Overview

In this course, you'll continue developing your IoT skills by communicating using wired devices, wireless devices, and Internet protocols. You'll also process IoT device input/output, process data in the cloud, and provide machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. This is the second course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you purchase several electronics components that are used to create an IoT prototype kit. This kit is used in many of the activities to illustrate IoT concepts in a hands-on way. The total estimated cost for all parts is under $50. To source these components, consult the list of components in the course setup instructions provided in the first course.

Syllabus

Communicating with an IoT Device

You have set up an Internet of Things (IoT) device that can operate on its own power and connect with other devices over the Internet, but it's still missing a few ingredients commonly found in the Internet of Things. In this lesson, you'll give your device the ability to communicate over various types of connections.

Processing IoT Data

An important design consideration for Internet of Things (IoT) is how to distribute the processing tasks involved in acquiring, aggregating, filtering, and analyzing data. Some tasks should be performed directly on the IoT devices that acquire data from sensors. Other tasks may be delegated to a local IoT gateway or cloud services.