Hands-On Edge Analytics with Azure IoT

EdgeanalyticshasgainedattentionastheIoTmodelforconnecteddevicesrisesinpopularity.Thisguidewillgiveyouinsightsintoedgeanalyticsasadataanalysismodel,andhelpyouunderstandwhyit’sgainingmomentum.You'llbeginwiththekeyconceptsandcomponentsusedinanedgeanalyticsapp.Movingahead,you'lldelveintocommunicationprotocolstounderstandhowsensorssendtheirdatatocomputersormicrocontrollers.Next,thebookwilldemonstratehowtodesignmodernedgeanalyticsappsthattakeadvantageoftheprocessingpowerofmodernsingle-boardcomputersandmicrocontrollers.Later,you'llexploreMicrosoftAzureIoTEdge,MicroPython,andtheOpenCVvisualrecognitionlibrary.Asyouprogress,you'llcovertechniquesforprocessingAIfunctionalitiesfromtheserversidetothesensorysideofIoT.You'llevengethands-onwithdesigningasmartdoorbellsystemusingthetechnologiesyou’velearned.Toremovevulnerabilitiesintheoveralledgeanalyticsarchitecture,you'lldiscoverwaystoovercomesecurityandprivacychallenges.Finally,you'llusetoolstoauditandperformreal-timemonitoringofincomingdataandgeneratealertsfortheinfrastructure.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llhavelearnedhowtouseedgeanalyticsprogrammingtechniquesandbeabletoimplementautomatedanalyticalcomputations.