In Chapter 1, Setting up Intel Edison, we learned how to set up the Intel Edison and run some basic programs in various languages. In this chapter, we'll scale up things a bit and introduce the Internet to the picture of the IoTs. We will hear this term quite often, and there has been no exact definition of it. However, if we try to bring out the literal meaning of IoT, it means connecting devices to the Internet. It may also be referred to as connected devices or smart devices. It's an advanced form of machine to machine (M2M) communication. In this chapter, the main focus will be on the architecture of IoTs and how Intel Edison is the perfect choice for developing systems revolving around IoT. We'll also be dealing with various components of a typical IoT project and how things can be scaled up at the component level. By the end of this chapter, we'll have built a system using Intel Edison that will take in pollution data, temperature data, and sound data, and upload it to the Web and display it live on a dashboard.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Architecture of a typical IoT system interfacing sensors with Intel Edison
• Connecting the device and uploading data to the cloud deploying a mini weather station with Intel Edison