The demo and test module for IoT clouds allows developers to define the data storage in the cloud. They can further create central messages and rules for controlling the IoT application, define additional escalation scenarios, and provide dashboards for remote clients. However, the core function rests in the Cloud API, which includes access to the IoT gateway and its locally connected sensor networks. This is because each solution provider needs custom-specific cloud and database connection, so in effect only requires application-ready function modules to handle the field communication. The Cloud API software modules as well as the demo and test module for provider independent IoT clouds are available to customers on request in the source code, enabling them to integrate their own Linux or Windows applications based on this reference design quickly and efficiently. If OEMs require further software services around the Cloud API and its connection to the cloud and sensor networks, congatec will provide all necessary support.
Caption: Today, IoT gateways have to orchestrate the whole IoT communication flow from the various sensors in the field to the specific clouds where the data is consolidated and can be displayed on any dashboard. Computer-on-modules and advanced APIs help developers to significantly reduce design efforts and risks.
The congatec Cloud API for IoT Gateways enables the universal integration of heterogeneous sensor networks and various different database implementations in IoT clouds. Its freely programmable software modules can be instantly utilized to get access to the IoT gateway and its data as well as connected sensor networks.
The goal of the ComX™ standard is to establish an additional design-in and API standardization on top of the core standards to further simplify the development of customer-specific applications based on standardized embedded computing building blocks.
