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How to morph a Raspberry Pi into
a powerful Sensor Data Cache and IoT Gateway

Alexander Koerner (IBM Analytics Architect)
IIUG 2016 Session - 49 Pages

Alexander Koerner gives a short introduction in Raspberry Pi and sensor data communication and answers why is Informix is the perfect sensor data store for edge gateways based on the Raspberry Pi.

Introduction / Why a Raspberry Pi?

How to build a sensor data cache with a Raspberry Pi

• Choice of communication protocol(s)
• Sensor-to-Pi communication / Pi-to-Network communication
• Sensor HW considerations
• Operating System(s) / Additional Software requirements
• Sensor Data Cache (Informix)
• Flow / Streams Processing

 Sensor data analytics in motion and at rest

• In-Motion Sensor Data Analytics / Node-RED / Quarks / Spark Streaming (not covered)
• At-Rest Sensor Data Analytics / Informix 12.10

Informix 12.10 on Raspberry Pi

• Informix is the perfect sensor data store for edge gateways based on the Raspberry Pi
• Informix on the Raspberry Pi - How To
• Install and configure Informix on the Raspberry Pi

The cloud connection

• IoT Architecture Annotated with IBM Products
• The Watson IoT Platform – IBM's next generation IoT platform
• How to connect the Raspberry Pi to the IBM Cloud

Sensor data visualization

• JavaScript / Grafana

Summary / Contact information