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Things (devices) are the key components of IoT systems that have continually evolved in various aspects of the user interface, form factor, performance, energy consumption, and security. Every new generation of IoT devices harnesses more intelligence to enable novel applications in IoT systems. As a result, IoT designers have defined an architectural design platform to build smart IoT things. In this chapter, we first provide a definition of smart things. Then, we continue with an overview of relevant architectural components included in typical smart things. In the following sections, we provide detailed examples of the architectural components. Various types of sensors and actuators are explained. The general architecture of microcontrollers, in particular ARM Cortex-M, is examined. Finally, we provide a general view of the input/output interfaces, programming models, and real-time operating systems for IoT smart things.
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Firouzi, F., Farahani, B., Bojnordi, M.N. (2020). The Smart “Things” in IoT. In: Firouzi, F., Chakrabarty, K., Nassif, S. (eds) Intelligent Internet of Things. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30367-9_2
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