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Non-Controlling Sensor Device
How can sensor readings be automatically collected and shared in an efficient and cost-effective manner?
Problem
Information about physical stimuli may be required by systems residing in completely different locations. Without a means of communicating this information, the systems cannot receive and process it.
Solution
A wireless sensor can be deployed to gather and convert data about physical stimuli so that it can be transmitted to receiving systems.
Application
A wireless sensor is deployed, capable of transducing physical stimuli into digital telemetry data that is transmitted via a modem.
Mechanisms
IoT Platform, Modem, Publish-Subscribe System, Sensor
The Non-Controlling Sensor Device pattern establishes the unidirectional flow of telemetry data to subscribed recipient client applications. (The orange arrows indicate telemetry data communication.)
This pattern is covered in IoT Module 2: IoT Technology and Architecture.
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