IoT Solutions in Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite: Data Acquisition and Analysis in the Real World

© Scott Klein 2017

Scott Klein, IoT Solutions in Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2143-3_2

2. Generating Data with Devices

Scott Klein¹ 

(1)Redmond, Washington, USA

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is about devices that generate and transmit data over the Internet. As mentioned in the last chapter, it is estimated that by 2020 there will be over 25 billion “things” (i.e. devices) connected to the Internet; these devices will range from the washer or oven in your house to the watch you wear or the phone in your pocket. The last chapter also covered several scenarios in which the IoT and devices were implemented, including cars, homes, and animals.

This chapter will simply build on that information and show several examples of the types ...