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ESP8266 Internet of Things Cookbook

You're reading from   ESP8266 Internet of Things Cookbook Over 50 recipes to help you master ESP8266 functionality

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288102
Length 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marco Schwartz Marco Schwartz
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Preface 1. Configuring the ESP8266 FREE CHAPTER 2. Your First ESP8266 Projects 3. More ESP8266 Functions 4. Using MicroPython on the ESP8266 5. Cloud Data Monitoring 6. Interacting with Web Services 7. Machine to Machine Interactions Index

Types of IoT interactions


The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vast network of devices that share information using different Internet protocols. It is comprised of different kinds of interactions between devices, online servers, and humans. Most interactions involve communication between one IoT device and another, or communication between an IoT device and a human. Both forms of interaction can either be direct or via a web server (indirect).

Though human interaction in IoT systems is important, it is not always needed. You can create autonomous systems that do not require any human input to operate. This is made possible by M2M interaction. In such systems, the different IoT devices send data to each other and execute different actions depending on the input they receive. This eliminates the need for human intervention.

M2M is a term that is used to describe technology that allows communication between networked devices. The devices use network resources to exchange data with remote application...

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