Inside the Internet of Things - Bryon Moyer Blog
[From the last episode: we looked at different styles of programming for IoT devices as well as a couple of communications protocols that follow one or the other approach.] Wireless communication can be a complex business. We’re going to be looking into it in more detail in the future, but […]
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[From the last episode: we looked at the notion of idempotence and why it matters for the IoT] Here’s a question: if IoT devices are going to talk to each other and the cloud, they have to do so based on some kind of rules. Like, “If the temperature falls […]
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[From the last episode: we saw how load balancing helps servers keep up with high traffic demands.] Today we give you a million-dollar new vocabulary word (with an extra bonus if you already knew it). Before we give it away, however, let’s run through a couple of scenarios to illustrate […]
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[From the last episode: We looked at the request/response way of handling machine communications.] As we wind down our discussion on communications, there are a few straggling issues that also cross over into the computing area. Today we look at the notion of load balancing. This is a topic that […]
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[From the last episode: We saw how one can send messages to select groups of multiple receivers using multicast or publish-and-subscribe.] Last week, when discussing publish-and-subscribe (pub/sub), we saw how a broker can either push messages out to all subscribers or simply give the subscribers the info they need to […]
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