Designing the Internet of Things

by Adrian McEwen, Hakim Cassimally

Take your idea from concept to production with this unique guide Whether it's called physical computing, ubiquitous computing, or the Internet of Things, it's a hot topic in technology: how to channel your inner Steve Jobs and successfully combine hardware, embedded software, web services, electronics, and cool design to create cutting-edge devices that are fun, interactive, and practical. If you'd like to create the next must-have product, this unique book is the perfect place to start. Both a creative and practical primer, it explores the platforms you can use to develop hardware or software, discusses design concepts that will make your products eye-catching and appealing, and shows you ways to scale up from a single prototype to mass production. If you'd like to design for the future, Designing the Internet of Things is a great place to start.

Genres: Nonfiction, Design, Technology, Programming, Technical

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[César Bustíos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it was a good one. I started the book expecting lots of boring theory on hardware and protocols, but I found something entirely different.

Designing, prototyping, business models, manufacturing and even ethics, this a good starting point for creating an Internet of Thing business. If you have an idea you want to make a reality then this is the book for you.

[Jose Papo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked a lot this book. It´s a general introduction to the Internet of Things world not only in a technical way but also in a businees way. The book talks about the design for connected devices, technical options like which board to use (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Electric Imp, etc), how to prototype the physical design, how to connect the device to the Cloud, Business Models and scaling to mass manufacturing. Overall an excellent guide to know about the big picture of whhat is happening in the IoT world.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a hard book to describe. It isn't a how to manual in the terms of the actual low level implementation. It is more like a really good conference in a book, it gives you an overview of all the places you might need to go.

It definitely benefits from the author being a well regarded luminary of the field (at least from the maker side of things) not just from direct experience (though there are plenty of beneficial asides there), but in the reach of who they could get to talk about things for the case studies.

If you want to make an internet connected device I highly recommend this book. At least for now, surely it will go out of date in time, but given that much of it is so broad it will probably last better than one might think.

[Liam · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Physical Object + Controller, Sensors, and Actuators + Internet = Internet of Things" (11)

"'premature optimization is the root of all evil'" (215)

[Maxim Dyumin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected more detailed techical aspects of the IoT.

[Bindia · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are just getting your prototype for Internet of Things started, this book may take you via a long-winded path to get there. But it does get there, so one needs to be patient reading the book.
The authors have firsthand experience in building widgets and gadgets and have shared a good amount of learnings, resources, best practices based on their own prototypes and industry connections. They break it down to the basics, so it’s easy to grasp.
Suggestion: It would be great if the book had a clear flow of which chapters to skip based on the persona/profile of the reader (a good idea for an online version of the book, by the way)
The writing style is ‘academic’ and will serve teachers/coaches well to train others on the IoT topic.
Also, the title could rather have been a ‘primer on IoT’ rather than ‘designing for IoT’ . Although I sense that the authors may release a later version or follow up that may go deeper into design and architecture of IoT grids in the future, which would be desirable!

[Alvaro Alcocer Sotil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro teórico y práctico de buenos proyectos y te muestra todas las posibilidades y opciones que ofrece el internet de las cosas para todos los bolsillos, es muy rico en los proyectos que se pueden hacer, cabe resaltar que para implementar un proyecto se debe tomar en cuenta la parte software y hardware y sobretodo sus limitaciones dado que en la mayoría de veces no se usa ni una PC ni un celular ni tablet sino pequeños dispositivos embebidos para una tarea específica.
Siempre en un proyecto habrá un dispositivo de entrada que puede ser un sensor y uno de salida que es un actuador que puede ser un motor o simplente un led.
Tambien tiene un capítulo que habla de la ética lo cual no se puede dejar de leer, dado que hay que ser muy responsables en la seguridad y enfoque que se haga a la hora de implantar un proyecto.

[Daniel Schulte · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel that the title of this book was a little misleading. I went in expecting it to be a discussion of how to design internet of things objects, but about half of this book is dedicated to the business aspects of creating internet of things objects. This information is useful, and if you're interested in trying to create a business, then this book is good for you. It's just not what I was expecting.

[Muhammad Ghias · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good introduction to the world of Internet of Things. It goes over a lot of different topics that one may need to be familiar with before designing an IoT product.
A good portion of this book is dedicated to business and manufacturing so these sections may not be relevant unless you are looking to design and launch a commercial IoT product.

[Aftab · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an introduction to the the different facets of building an IoT product. This book delivers in giving a good grounding.

[Vimal Sagar Tiwari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Physical Object + Controller, Sensors, and Actuators + Internet = Internet of Things