Steve_M
TVWBB Guru
I just got back from the Amazon Web Services re:invent conference, and one of their big announcements was a new IoT ( Internet of Things ) service.
The Rules and Shadows are what makes it a very interesting offering.
Let's use the HeaterMeter as an example: Rather than have a local web server running on the RasPi to make all of the HM config changes and viewing cook data, all that data would be streamed to the IoT service and you could then render the cook graph through a simple html file sitting on S3 storage.
If you wanted to make a config change, you would do it through the IoT service and the HeaterMeter would pick up the config changes, and almost instantly it would be set. With the Shadow functionality, you could make a configuration change on the IoT service and as soon as the HM booted up, it would pick up those changes and be done.
The Rules feature would similar to what the current alarm actions and scripts allow you to do, but it's all managed on the IoT service, not on the HM device.
Now, I'm not suggesting that the HeaterMeter move in this direction, I was just using it as a familiar device to use with the analogy. Personally, I think this type of stuff is pretty exciting and will be very disruptive, in a good way.
This Make: magazine article has a good write up on it as well. Here's part of the Keynote presentation where BMW describes how they're using IoT in the new 7 series.
The Rules and Shadows are what makes it a very interesting offering.
Let's use the HeaterMeter as an example: Rather than have a local web server running on the RasPi to make all of the HM config changes and viewing cook data, all that data would be streamed to the IoT service and you could then render the cook graph through a simple html file sitting on S3 storage.
If you wanted to make a config change, you would do it through the IoT service and the HeaterMeter would pick up the config changes, and almost instantly it would be set. With the Shadow functionality, you could make a configuration change on the IoT service and as soon as the HM booted up, it would pick up those changes and be done.
The Rules feature would similar to what the current alarm actions and scripts allow you to do, but it's all managed on the IoT service, not on the HM device.
Now, I'm not suggesting that the HeaterMeter move in this direction, I was just using it as a familiar device to use with the analogy. Personally, I think this type of stuff is pretty exciting and will be very disruptive, in a good way.
This Make: magazine article has a good write up on it as well. Here's part of the Keynote presentation where BMW describes how they're using IoT in the new 7 series.