Understanding cloud IoT platforms
We can use ESP32 with a wide range of cloud platforms. The most popular ones are the following:
- AWS IoT
- Azure IoT
- Google IoT Core
- Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform
The best way to understand what an IoT platform means is to look at its offerings and services. Let's see briefly what they provide for us to develop IoT projects.
AWS IoT
AWS IoT provides many services to help developers in their IoT endeavors. The services in the AWS cloud can be grouped into three categories:
- Control services
- Device software
- Data services
The control services cover the device management capabilities of AWS IoT. The most basic one, AWS IoT Core, is the central service for IoT solutions. IoT devices connect to the whole AWS infrastructure through AWS IoT Core. AWS IoT Device Management lets IoT vendors track and manage their IoT devices in bulk. AWS IoT Device Defender is responsible for the security of IoT devices by...