Connected hardware devices are at the heart of IoT. Some of the most prominent hardware options on the market are listed here.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer that plugs into your TV and keyboard. The Pi comes with a Linux OS and capabilities for audio, video and Internet, so it's a great platform for projects requiring multimedia. It's a mini personal computer that lets software developers dive right in and start coding - no additional components needed.
Open source, Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz processor, GPIO: 8 pins, SD Card socket, HDMI and connectivity via Ethernet.
Arduino UNO is an open source prototyping platform. UNO's versatile easy-to-use hardware and software gives the developer freedom to quickly create connected environments and have a high-quality hardware-oriented approach to development.
Open source, ATmega328 microcontroller, 14 digital and 6 analogue I/O pins, 32k Flash Memory and Internet connectivity via shields.
BeagleBone is the hardware choice for projects with a huge number of external sensors and high processing power in a small size. The board has a lot of pins available. BeagleBone is built very open which makes it easier to commercialize, and has gathered a wide community support.
Open source, AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8, 2GB of on-board flash, a microSD card reader, HDMI, GPIO 65 pins, and connectivity via Ethernet.
The WunderBar approaches developers with a device that's ready out-of-the-box to collect data about acceleration, light levels, temperature, humidity and sound. WunderBar requires no prior hardware knowledge. Connect the battery to mainboard, setup the device via WIFI, snap the Lithium cell battery-powered BLE sensor boards off and place them where you wish.
Open source SDK, Main circuit: NXP LPC1837 Cortex M3, connectivity via WIFI BTLE.
Waspmote is an open source wireless platform with focus on low power consumption modes. It's sensor extension boards come with a battery life from 1 to 5 years. Libelium provides a range of high-quality hardware platforms and extensions.
Open source, ATmega1281, Over-The-Air programming, 60 sensors available to connect to Waspmote, On-Board Temperature and Accelerometer, hibernate mode consumes just 0.06µA, connectivity: 3G/GPRS, WIFI, BT
Intel Edison is a tiny development platform featuring a Intel Atom CPU and 32 bit Intel Quark microcontroller. This tiny board carries all Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules for connectivity and thus requires no external modules to do so.
UART, SPI, I2C, I2S, GPIO and SD card support.
Photon is a Wi-Fi enabled IOT hardware platform. It was built using powerful STM32 ARM Cortex M3 and Broadcom Wi-Fi chip. The striking feature of this Particle products is a website cloud platform that allows user to send and receive data seamlessly from anywhere rather than only accessing data from your local network.
120Mhz Single-core ARM Cortex MCU, 128kB RAM, 1MB Flash Storage, Integrated Wi-Fi, 18 GPIO
Flutter is a basic radio board powered by SMART SAM3S Cortex-M3 processor provides a range of about half a mile. This board lets users to develop mesh networking protocols and connect devices with least power expense. It is also equipped with ATSHA204 crypto engine to keep the data transmission safe
SMART SAM3S Cortex-M3
Tessel 2 is a robust IoT and robotics development platform. Leverage all the libraries of Node.JS to create useful devices in minutes with Tessel. Tessel2 is an affordable IOT hardware platform equipped with built-in WIFI, Ethernet port, USB port and runs real Node.js/io.js.
Atmel SMART SAMD21 Cortex M0+ processor, MediaTek MT7260n Wi-Fi Router SOC.
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