Definition[]
An IoT component is "a type of component that provides a network interface and therefore may be composed into IoT systems."[1]
Overview[]
- 1. IoT components are the basic building blocks of IoT systems.
- 2. An IoT component has some combination of the following capabilities: actuating, data storing, human-user interface (UI), networking, network interface, processing, sensing, and supporting.
- 3. An entire IT system can be an IoT component.[2]