By now, you should be well acquainted with Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These are thermostats, smart refrigerators, smart door locks, medical sensors, fitness trackers, and security systems that connect to the Internet to increase c level contact list accessibility and convenience. IoT is everywhere and connected to everything. It’s also been around for some time.
Edge Computing, on the other hand, is the (relatively) new kid on the block and although it’s very much related to IoT, it’s quite different.
Let’s find out how these two technologies are different and how they are related.
What is IoT?
To better understand IoT, it’s good to know what an embedded system is. Most small devices (such as thermostats) require an operating system maximize your external partnerships to run. The problem is, the internal storage on these devices is quite small and permanently soldered to the computer board, so the only option for an operating system is one that has a very small footprint and can perform with minimal resources.
An embedded system takes advantage of such an operating system and performs as a combination of a CPU, Memory, and Input/Output peripheral devices that are all dedicated to a singular function (such as powering a thermostat).
Because of that, one of the most popular languages used for IoT software is C. However, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Go, Ruby, and Python are also popular languages for the IoT ecosystem.
What is Edge Computing?
Let me explain by way of illustrating buy lead the traditional method of computing data. Let’s say you have a bus and the bus allows riders to swipe a card that informs the driver if the person has enough credits on their card to allow them entry. The centralized server checks the user account, discovers they do have enough funds on their account, and transmits an affirmative response to the originating system.