{"id":21464,"date":"2019-12-24T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T11:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intellias.com\/?p=21464"},"modified":"2023-05-15T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T09:03:34","slug":"iot-building-blocks-from-device-to-application","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/iot-building-blocks-from-device-to-application\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT Building Blocks: From Device to Application"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is growing at a breathtaking pace. Intel<\/a> expects there to be 200 billion connected devices by 2020, amounting to around 26 smart objects for every human being on the planet. However, despite this overwhelming presence of IoT\u00a0in almost every aspect of life and the outstanding opportunities it offers to businesses<\/a>, many people are confused by the term itself as well as basic building blocks of IoT \u2013 the components required to establish a reliable architecture for IoT deployments and applications.<\/p>\n

From the technological perspective, the Internet of Things is a network of uniquely identifiable objects (or \u201cthings\u201d) that are capable of communicating with each other through some kind of connectivity without any human interaction. Let\u2019s clarify exactly what are the building blocks of IoT and what things are needed to create this interconnected environment and empower physical entities with digital intelligence.
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The IoT building blocks or the fundamental tiers of IoT architecture<\/h2>\n

As IoT platform building blocks are very diverse in terms of industry-specific use cases, there\u2019s no iconic IoT architecture that can fully address all possible applications. The most widely used technical building blocks of IoT architecture contain three layers:<\/p>\n