The Ultimate Guide to Starting your First IoT Project

So you’re thinking about starting an project. The question is, what do you build? How do you IoT build it? Or, what is an IoT project? Let’s start with that last question, shall we.

An IoT project is the act of connecting any physical object to the internet to collect and share data. How we use and share that data depends on the purpose of the IoT project. Whether you’re connecting windmills to monitor performance data, or connecting machinery to monitor itself for breakage, the data generated from these projects can be used in a variety of ways. With the right hardware, software, connectivity, and know how, you can connect any object in the home, factory, or farm and stream data to the Internet.