Overview for Internet of Things: Basics, Components and Applications

Abstract

There are significant developments in the field of remote sensing, communications, and control in the world today. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the result of cooperation between them. It is a system of interconnected computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, and things that are capable of sensing and are able to communicate with each other and with machines linked to a network intelligently to take advantage of the data collected through the sensors imbedded into devices. The resulting data can be collected and analyzed in order to reveal insights and propose measures that will produce cost savings, increase efficiency or improve products and services. As IoT is expected to grow and spread rapidly in the coming years, this will improve the quality of consumers' lives and productivity of enterprises. The future is the IoT, which will change the real world objects to smart virtual entities. It is one of the platforms of smart modern cities and intelligent power management systems. This research aims to provide a comprehensive review of the IoT, its main components, and architecture, along with its applications, features and challenges.

Internet of Things (IoT) Enabled Water Distribution System for Smart Water Management

“…According to [9], who regard the Internet of Things from a semantic-oriented perspective, IoT is "a worldwide network of interconnected objects uniquely addressable, based on standard communication protocols". However, there are many common points for most of the definitions of the Internet of Things, such as [6]:…”

“…Automatic detection of overflow through any of the outlets is notified to the user. The major components used to develop this work for monitoring and controlling are Raspberry Pi as a controlling unit, an ultrasonic sensor to measure the water level in the water tank, a motor for pumping water, and a controlling valve for the water closing system [6,7].…”