Concepts

This section covers the concepts of thin-edge.io, starting with the problem to solve and presenting the building blocks used by thin-edge.io to build flexible solutions.

In order to build IoT Agents connected to cloud Digital Twins, thin-edge.io provides a set of versatile software components:

• The MQTT Bus to interconnect the entities making up a device: software components and hardware.
• thin-edge.io JSON to be standardize the communication over the MQTT Bus.
• The Agent to implement the device management features.
• The Mapper to connect a device to the cloud.
• Extension Points to extend thin-edge.io to specific application domains, operating systems or hardware.

📄️ Overview

Overview of the how/what/why/who of thin-edge.io

📄️ Typical IoT Agent

A typical IoT agent running thin-edge.io

📄️ Digital Twin

Overview of what a digital twin is and how it is used

📄️ MQTT Bus

Overview of the MQTT Bus

📄️ Thin Edge JSON

Overview of the thin-edge.io JSON basics

📄️ The Agent

Overview of the fundamental components that make up the thin-edge.io agent

📄️ The Mapper

Overview of the core component which interfaces with the cloud

📄️ Software Management

Software Management with thin-edge.io

📄️ Architecture FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about core architecture decisions