Understanding how the Arduino IoT Cloud works

So, before we start our Arduino IoT Cloud journey, we need to understand how it operates because it’s a little bit different from traditional IoT cloud platforms. As a result, the Arduino IoT Cloud is a more flexible, secure, and industry-deployment-ready IoT solution. Firstly, we will understand the design of the Arduino IoT Cloud with the following diagram, which will help you to understand the key pillars of the Arduino IoT Cloud:

Figure 2.1 – The Arduino IoT Cloud architecture

Most cloud platforms work with the concept of devices and sensors, but in the Arduino IoT Cloud, we have the concept of the Thing, which includes devices and variables known as sensors/actuators. You may be thinking that a Thing and a Device are both the same; actually, they’re not. It’s important to make this distinction because if we do not understand it, then it will create more complications going forward...