Functional examples (putting it all together)
A collection of sensors is fairly useless unless the data they collect can be transmitted and processed. Whether that is a local embedded controller or sent upstream to a cloud, more hardware is needed to build the system. Typically, the sensors will use established IO interface and communication systems, such as I2C, SPI, UART, SPI, or other low-speed IOs. Other devices such as video systems will need much faster IO to maintain high resolution and fast video frame rates such as MIPI, USB, or even PCI-Express. To communicate wirelessly, the sensors will need to be used with wireless transport hardware like Bluetooth, Zigbee, or 802.11. All this requires extra componentry, which we will cover in this section.
Functional example – TI SensorTag CC2650
The Texas Instruments CC2650 SensorTag is a good example of an IoT sensor module for development, prototyping, and design. SensorTag has the following features and sensors in the package:
- Sensor input...
