edge-iot

name	edge-iot
description	Edge computing, IoT protocols, and embedded systems integration
domain	development-stacks
version	1.0.0
tags	["edge","iot","mqtt","embedded","raspberry-pi","arduino","esp32"]
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Edge Computing & IoT

Overview

Building applications for edge devices, IoT protocols, and embedded systems integration.

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MQTT Protocol

Broker Setup (Mosquitto)

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  mosquitto:
    image: eclipse-mosquitto:2
    ports:
      - "1883:1883"
      - "9001:9001"
    volumes:
      - ./mosquitto.conf:/mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf
      - mosquitto_data:/mosquitto/data
      - mosquitto_log:/mosquitto/log

volumes:
  mosquitto_data:
  mosquitto_log:

# mosquitto.conf
listener 1883
listener 9001
protocol websockets

allow_anonymous false
password_file /mosquitto/config/passwd

persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/
log_dest file /mosquitto/log/mosquitto.log

Node.js MQTT Client

import mqtt from 'mqtt';

class MQTTClient {
  private client: mqtt.MqttClient;
  private subscriptions = new Map<string, Set<Function>>();

  constructor(brokerUrl: string, options?: mqtt.IClientOptions) {
    this.client = mqtt.connect(brokerUrl, {
      clientId: `node_${Math.random().toString(16).slice(2, 10)}`,
      clean: true,
      reconnectPeriod: 5000,
      ...options,
    });

    this.client.on('connect', () => {
      console.log('MQTT connected');
      // Resubscribe to all topics
      this.subscriptions.forEach((_, topic) => {
        this.client.subscribe(topic);
      });
    });

    this..(,  {
       handlers = .(topic);
       message = .(payload);

      handlers.( (topic, message));
    });

    ..(,  {
      .(, error);
    });
  }

  () {
     (!..(topic)) {
      ..(topic,  ());
      ..(topic);
    }

    ..(topic)!.(handler);

      {
      ..(topic)?.(handler);
       (..(topic)?. === ) {
        ..(topic);
        ..(topic);
      }
    };
  }

  () {
     payload =  message === 
      ? message
      : .(message);

    ..(topic, payload, {
      : ,
      ...options,
    });
  }

   (: ): <> {
     handlers =  <>();

    ..( {
       (.(pattern, topic)) {
        topicHandlers.( handlers.(h));
      }
    });

     handlers;
  }

   (: , : ):  {
     patternParts = pattern.();
     topicParts = topic.();

     ( i = ; i < patternParts.; i++) {
       (patternParts[i] === )  ;
       (patternParts[i] === ) ;
       (patternParts[i] !== topicParts[i])  ;
    }

     patternParts. === topicParts.;
  }

   (: ):  {
     str = payload.();
     {
       .(str);
    }  {
       str;
    }
  }

  () {
    ..();
  }
}


 mqtt =  (, {
  : ,
  : ,
});


mqtt.(,  {
   deviceId = topic.()[];
  .(, data);
});


mqtt.(,  {
  .(, data);
});


mqtt.(, {
  : ,
  : .(),
});

Device Simulator

class DeviceSimulator {
  private mqtt: MQTTClient;
  private deviceId: string;
  private interval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;

  constructor(deviceId: string, brokerUrl: string) {
    this.deviceId = deviceId;
    this.mqtt = new MQTTClient(brokerUrl);

    // Subscribe to commands
    this.mqtt.subscribe(`devices/${deviceId}/commands`, (_, command) => {
      this.handleCommand(command);
    });
  }

  start(intervalMs = 5000) {
    this.interval = setInterval(() => {
      this.sendTelemetry();
    }, intervalMs);
  }

  stop() {
    if (this.interval) {
      clearInterval(this.);
      . = ;
    }
  }

   () {
     telemetry = {
      :  + .() * ,
      :  + .() * ,
      :  + .() * ,
      :  + .() * ,
      : .(),
    };

    ..(, telemetry);
  }

   () {
    .(, command);

     (command.) {
       :
        ..(, {
          : ,
          : .(),
        });
        ;

       :
        
        ;
    }
  }
}

---

Edge Functions

Cloudflare Workers for IoT

// Edge function to process IoT data
export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(request.url);

    // Device telemetry ingestion
    if (url.pathname === '/ingest' && request.method === 'POST') {
      const data = await request.json();
      const deviceId = request.headers.get('X-Device-ID');

      // Validate device
      const device = await env.KV.get(`device:${deviceId}`);
      if (!device) {
        return new Response('Unauthorized', { status: 401 });
      }

      // Process at edge
      const processed = processData(data);

      // Store in Durable Object for aggregation
      const aggregator = env.AGGREGATOR.get(
        env.AGGREGATOR.(deviceId)
      );
       aggregator.(request., {
        : ,
        : .(processed),
      });

      
       (processed.) {
         (, {
          : ,
          : .({
            deviceId,
            : processed.,
          }),
        });
      }

        ();
    }

      (, { :  });
  },
};

 () {
  
   alert = data. >  ?  : ;

   {
    ...data,
    : .(),
    alert,
  };
}


   {
   : ;
   : [] = [];

  () {
    . = state;
  }

   (: ): <> {
     data =  request.();

    ..(data);

    
     (.. > ) {
      ..();
    }

    
     aggregates = {
      : .(),
      : .(),
      : ..,
    };

     ...(, aggregates);

      (.(aggregates));
  }

   (: ):  {
     values = .
      .( r[field])
      .(  v === );

     values.( a + b, ) / values.;
  }
}

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Embedded Systems (ESP32/Arduino)

ESP32 with MicroPython

# boot.py - WiFi connection
import network
import time

def connect_wifi(ssid, password):
    wlan = network.WLAN(network.STA_IF)
    wlan.active(True)

    if not wlan.isconnected():
        print('Connecting to WiFi...')
        wlan.connect(ssid, password)

        timeout = 10
        while not wlan.isconnected() and timeout > 0:
            time.sleep(1)
            timeout -= 1

    if wlan.isconnected():
        print('Connected:', wlan.ifconfig())
        return True
    else:
        print('Failed to connect')
        return False

connect_wifi('MyNetwork', 'password')

# main.py - Sensor reading and MQTT
from machine import Pin, ADC
from umqtt.simple import MQTTClient
import json
import time
import dht

# Configuration
MQTT_BROKER = '192.168.1.100'
DEVICE_ID = 'esp32-001'
TOPIC_TELEMETRY = f'devices/{DEVICE_ID}/telemetry'
TOPIC_COMMANDS = f'devices/{DEVICE_ID}/commands'

# Hardware setup
led = Pin(2, Pin.OUT)
dht_sensor = dht.DHT22(Pin(4))
light_sensor = ADC(Pin(34))

# MQTT client
client = MQTTClient(DEVICE_ID, MQTT_BROKER)

def on_message(topic, msg):
    topic = topic.decode()
    data = json.loads(msg.decode())

    print(f'Command received: {data}')

    if data.get('action') == 'led_on':
        led.on()
    elif data.get('action') == 'led_off':
        led.off()
    elif data.get('action') == 'blink':
        for _ in range(5):
            led.on()
            time.sleep(0.2)
            led.off()
            time.sleep(0.2)

client.set_callback(on_message)
client.connect()
client.subscribe(TOPIC_COMMANDS)

def read_sensors():
    dht_sensor.measure()
    return {
        'temperature': dht_sensor.temperature(),
        : dht_sensor.humidity(),
        : light_sensor.read(),
        : time.time()
    }

 ():
    last_publish = 
    publish_interval =   

     :
        
        client.check_msg()

        
        current_time = time.time()
         current_time - last_publish >= publish_interval:
            :
                data = read_sensors()
                client.publish(TOPIC_TELEMETRY, json.dumps(data))
                ()
                last_publish = current_time
             Exception  e:
                ()

        time.sleep()

 __name__ == :
    main()

Arduino/C++ for ESP32

#include <WiFi.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
#include <DHT.h>

// Configuration
const char* ssid = "MyNetwork";
const char* password = "password";
const char* mqtt_server = "192.168.1.100";
const char* device_id = "esp32-001";

// Hardware
#define DHT_PIN 4
#define DHT_TYPE DHT22
#define LED_PIN 2
#define LIGHT_PIN 34

DHT dht(DHT_PIN, DHT_TYPE);
WiFiClient espClient;
PubSubClient client(espClient);

unsigned long lastPublish = 0;
const long publishInterval = 5000;

void setup_wifi() {
    delay(10);
    Serial.println("Connecting to WiFi...");

    WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

    while (WiFi.() != WL_CONNECTED) {
        ();
        Serial.();
    }

    Serial.();
    Serial.(WiFi.());
}

{
    StaticJsonDocument<> doc;
    (doc, payload, length);

     * action = doc[];

     ((action, ) == ) {
        (LED_PIN, HIGH);
    }   ((action, ) == ) {
        (LED_PIN, LOW);
    }
}

{
     (!client.()) {
        Serial.();

         (client.(device_id)) {
            Serial.();

             topic[];
            (topic, , device_id);
            client.(topic);
        }  {
            Serial.();
            Serial.(client.());
            ();
        }
    }
}

{
    StaticJsonDocument<> doc;
    doc[] = dht.();
    doc[] = dht.();
    doc[] = (LIGHT_PIN);
    doc[] = ();

     buffer[];
    (doc, buffer);

     topic[];
    (topic, , device_id);
    client.(topic, buffer);

    Serial.();
}

{
    Serial.();
    (LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
    dht.();

    ();
    client.(mqtt_server, );
    client.(callback);
}

{
     (!client.()) {
        ();
    }
    client.();

      now = ();
     (now - lastPublish >= publishInterval) {
        lastPublish = now;
        ();
    }
}

---

Device Management

Device Registry

interface Device {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  type: string;
  status: 'online' | 'offline' | 'error';
  lastSeen: Date;
  metadata: Record<string, any>;
  config: Record<string, any>;
}

class DeviceRegistry {
  constructor(
    private db: Database,
    private mqtt: MQTTClient
  ) {
    // Listen for device status
    this.mqtt.subscribe('devices/+/status', (topic, status) => {
      const deviceId = topic.split('/')[1];
      this.updateStatus(deviceId, status);
    });
  }

  async register(device: Omit<Device, 'status' | 'lastSeen'>) {
     :  = {
      ...device,
      : ,
      :  (),
    };

     ...({ : fullDevice });

    
    ..(, device.);

     fullDevice;
  }

   () {
     ...({
      : { : deviceId },
      : { config },
    });

    
    ..(, config, { :  });
  }

   () {
    ..(, command);

    
     ...({
      : {
        deviceId,
        command,
        :  (),
      },
    });
  }

    () {
     ...({
      : { : deviceId },
      : {
        : status.,
        :  (),
      },
    });
  }
}

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Related Skills

• [[realtime-systems]] - Real-time communication
• [[cloud-platforms]] - IoT cloud services
• [[system-design]] - Edge architecture