Build Your Own IoT Platform: Develop a Flexible and Scalable Internet of Things Platform

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A. TamboliBuild Your Own IoT Platformhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8073-7_13

13. Let’s Build a Better Mousetrap

Anand Tamboli¹  

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Yes, let us build a better mousetrap. The title is metaphoric but a real one in this case. This chapter talks you through one of the interesting applications I have built using my own IoT platform. I elaborate on this real-life case study and take you through the IoT application development process.

Moreover, following up on the previous chapter, we discuss the hardware arrangement and an add-on application layer for this application.

How It All Started

Somewhere around June 2016, I was sitting in my office. ...