Abstract
Nowadays the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most trending technologies. It is expected that by year 2020 there will be 50 billion of Internet-connected devices. Fields like smart cities and smart homes largely rely on IoT phenomena by using a wide variety of sensors for data collection, analysis and corresponding actions. The paper describes how this trending and relatively new technology is applied at Riga Technical University for educational purposes.
Highlights
The idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) suggests that rather than having a small number of powerful computing devices you have a large number of devices, which are less powerful.Name itself implies that the IoT consists of two key parts – network and various devices connected to it
The objective of this paper is to present the IoT data integration solution that was developed at Riga Technical University (RTU) for demonstrating the IoT capabilities to the new generation of IT professionals
Our solution can perform measurements only in a single location since it uses a single set of boards and sensors; this can be extended by adding more components
Summary
The idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) suggests that rather than having a small number of powerful computing devices (e.g. laptop, tablet) you have a large number of devices, which are less powerful (e.g., bracelet, connected light bulb). Small Internet-connected sensors can be placed on plants, animals, geologic features and in buildings [1] Those sensors provide data that give real-time insights and can be used for predictive analysis. The time for evaluating the health of the animals has gone down from 2–3 hours per day to a few minutes that can be spent while looking at IoT based reports in a mobile application Another field of application is the building monitoring systems that present data to experts in real-time allowing them to evaluate the current state of a building, predicting possible damage or even collapsing risks. Maximising the inter-device communication distance and minimising the power consumption are an important challenge in the area of IoT, and new technologies are emerging to address it [6] One of such technologies is the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN).
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