{"id":4269176,"date":"2021-11-18T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dept.global\/insight\/iot-architecture-every-component-you-need-for-your-iot-project\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:39:05","slug":"iot-architecture-every-component-you-need-for-your-iot-project","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.dept.global\/en-au\/insight\/iot-architecture-every-component-you-need-for-your-iot-project\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT Architecture: every component you need for your IoT project"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tBack to all articles\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n<\/button>\n\t\tIoT Architecture: every component you need for your IoT project\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\n\t<\/div>
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\n\t\t\tIoT architecture is a beast.\t<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n

An IoT ecosystem has the potential of having thousands of sensors, hundreds of microcontrollers, and a handful of gateways before storing the data in your cloud.

From the cloud, there are additional considerations before delivering that data to an application so it can be used.

We are currently building our own IoT product: Office Vitals, a smart system that measures temperature, carbon dioxide, and capacity in our Denver-based office. As we built out the IoT architecture, we realized that getting all the components right the first time is difficult. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\tNo matter your size or complexity, there are four categories within the larger architecture of any IoT product.

1. Application<\/strong>\u00a0– How is your consumer going to interact and use this data?

2. Embedded<\/strong>\u00a0– This is the hardware itself (and the custom software written to run on it). What kind of chips and sensors do you need to collect and send the necessary data?

3. Network & Connectivity<\/strong>\u00a0– How is the data being sent to the cloud?

4. Cloud & Infrastructure<\/strong>\u00a0– What kind of cloud infrastructure and database do you need?

As you start to plan your IoT architecture, these are the four categories you\u2019ll need to figure out as quickly and effectively as possible. Within each of these categories are a series of decisions you need to make, each affecting the other. This is why it\u2019s essential to strategize and plan around your end user.\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t