My presentation to the Cloud Foundry Foundation IoT SIG on Eclipse IoT, with particular focus on the Eclipse IoT cloud server platform. Thanks to Benjamin Cabe (@kartben) for the materials.

1. Building the Internet of Things
with Open Source
Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation
@mmilinkov

2. IoT?
Applications
Collect, exchange
& analyze data

3. IoT?
Applications
Sensing / Actuating
Interact with the
physical world
Collect, exchange
& analyze data

4. IoT?
Applications
Networking & Data
Communications
Sensing / Actuating
Interact with the
physical world
Bridge the physical world
to the Internet
Collect, exchange
& analyze data

5. Typical IoT Architecture
Devices
(sensors & actuators)
Applications
telemetry
commands
telemetry
commands
IoT Cloud Platform
Gateway

6. Role & Characteristics
DEVICE GATEWAY CLOUD PLATFORM
constrained
low-power
specialized
connectivity
messaging
edge computing
scale out
integration
data analytics

7. IoT Device Stack
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
OS / RTOS
Communication
Field protocols IoT protocols
DEVICE
RemoteManagement
App 1 App 2 …
Remote Management
Communication
Hardware Abstraction
Layer (HAL)
OS / RTOS*
* optional
timers, tasks, file system, …
API enabling access to memory, GPIOs, MEMS,
serial interfaces ,…
Protocols such as Bluetooth, Z-Wave, Thread,
CAN bus, MQTT, CoAP, …
over-the-air firmware upgrade, health monitoring,
factory reset, …

8. Connectivity
Field protocols IoT protocols
IoT Gateway Stack
GATEWAY
Data Management & Messaging
RemoteManagement
Application Runtime
OS / RTOS
App 1 App 2 …
Data Management &
Messaging
Network Management
connect to different types of networks
ensure reliability, security (VPN, firewall, …)
local persistence (network latency)
offline mode
data analytics at the edge
Network Management
Application Runtime
Virtual Machine / Application container

9. IoT Cloud Platform Stack
CLOUD PLATFORM
Device Management
Data Management
Event Management & Analytics
Connectivity
MessageRouting
Device Registry
Application Enablement
App 1 App 2 …
Connectivity Message Routing
ingest and normalize huge amounts of data into
an enterprise backend
Device Registry Device Management
identify devices, allow for over-the-air software
provisioning, configuration changes, …
Data Management
scalable data store, time series

10. IoT Cloud Platform Stack (cont’d)
CLOUD PLATFORM
Device Management
Data Management
Event Management & Analytics
Connectivity
MessageRouting
Device Registry
Application Enablement
App 1 App 2 …
Event Management &
Analytics
scalable event processing
create reports, graphs, dashboards, …
make decisions based on the data
Application Enablement
expose API for application integration

11. Cross-layer concerns
SECURITY ONTOLOGIES TOOLS

12. Characteristics of Open IoT Stacks
loosely coupled
modular
platform-independant
based on open standards
API, API, API!

13. Eclipse IoT?
Eclipse IoT is an open source community aimed at
building and promoting
open source software & open collaboration models
needed to create an Open Internet of Things

14. Eclipse IoT…
from building blocks … to stacks

15. OS Stack for IoT Devices
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
OS / RTOS
Communication
Field protocols IoT protocols
DEVICE
RemoteManagement
App 1 App 2 …
Wakaama
C implementation of OMA LWM2M
Portable on any POSIX-compliant system
C implementation of MQTT 3.1.1
< 2,000 lines of C ANSI code
JAVA API for MCUs
“Android for IoT”

16. Eclipse Edje
Hardware Abstraction Java API for IoT embedded
systems
Peripheral management
Controller Communication Interfaces (Serial connection,
CAN, SPI, I²C)
Digital and Analog I/O (GPIO, ADC, DAC)
Scope
Target resource-constrained micro-controllers
Provide ready-to-use software packages for target hardware
Define a modular and easy to port framework

17. Eclipse Edje requirements
Processor: 32-bits (e.g. Cortex-M0)
Frequency: 16 MHz
RAM: 32 KB
Flash: 128 KB
Example: STM32F4 Discovery
Processor: 32-bits Cortex-M4 (STM32F407VGT6)
Frequency: 168 MHz
RAM: 192 KB
Flash: 1 MB

18. OS Stack for IoT Gateways
OSGi implementation
GATEWAY
Data Management & Messaging
RemoteManagement
OS / RTOS
App 1 App 2 …
Connectivity
Field protocols IoT protocols
Network Management
Native support for MQTT
Serial, RS-485, BLE, MODBUS, OPC-UA,
CAN Bus, …
NAT, firewall, modem configuration, …
Remote Management over MQTT
Milo
Application Runtime

19. Java VM
OSGi Application Container
Device Abstraction
Gateway Basic Services
Network Configuration
Network Management Field
Protocols
Connectivity and Delivery
AdministrationGUI
Operation&
Management
Linux
Hardware
App 1 App 2 App n. . . .
Applications
Eclipse Kura

20. OS Stack for Home Automation
Data Management & Messaging
OSGi implementation
GATEWAY
RemoteManagement
OS / RTOS
App 1 App 2 …
Connectivity
Field protocols IoT protocols
Rule engine to orchestrate “things”
Home automation protocols such as
Belkin WeMo, LIFX, Philips Hue, …
(see openHAB.org)
Remote firmware update through the GW
Web UI and API for remote control
Network Management
Application Runtime

21. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
CLOUD PLATFORM

22. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
CLOUD PLATFORM
Device Management
Device Registry

23. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
CLOUD PLATFORM
Device Management
Device Registry
OMA LWM2M implementation in Java
built on top of Eclipse Californium (CoAP)
Manage software upgrade campaigns
independently of the actual DM protocol

24. Eclipse Leshan
Java implementation of OMA LWM2M
Sandbox hosted at http://leshan.eclipse.org

25. Eclipse hawkBit

26. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
CLOUD PLATFORM
MessageRouting

27. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
CLOUD PLATFORM
C implementation of an MQTT server
MQTT 3.1.1 compliant
Scalable (1000 clients = 3MB RAM)
Extensible (e.g authentication plug-ins)
MessageRouting

28. OS Stack for IoT Cloud
Great! But… what if:
↳I want my platform to archive the data?
↳I want to support more than just MQTT?
↳I want a multi-tenant solution?
↳…

29. OS Stack for IoT Cloud Platform
Abstract the actual communication
protocols via “protocol adapters”
Deploy on:
CLOUD PLATFORM
Device Management
Data Management
Event Management & Analytics
Connectivity
MessageRouting
Device Registry
Application Enablement
App 1 App 2 …
Kapua Integration platform for IoT Services
Kapua NoSQL data store
Kapua REST API

30. Eclipse Hono
Eclipse Hono provides a uniform API for
interacting with millions of devices connected to
the cloud via arbitrary protocols
Example:
<<Protocol Adapter>>
MQTT
<<Application>>
Track my
Tools
BT LE
AMQP 1.0AMQP 1.0MQTT

31. Eclipse Kapua

32. Future EclipseIoT stack on Cloud FoundryRouter
Eclipse ACS
<<Hono Adapter>>
<<Hono Adapter>>
UAA
Kapua Web
Console
Kapua

33. Cross-layer concerns
SECURITY ONTOLOGIES TOOLS

34. Cross-layer concerns
SECURITY ONTOLOGIES TOOLS

35. Eclipse ACS (proposed)
Ability to maintain access-decision data as
policies and attributes
Exclusive security for multiple clients using the
service (ACS services are tenant-aware)
Support for fine-grained authorization policies
Contributed by GE, from the Predix platform
See http://tinyurl.com/eclipse-acs-proposal

36. Cross-layer concerns
SECURITY ONTOLOGIES TOOLS

37. Eclipse Vorto

38. Cross-layer concerns
SECURITY ONTOLOGIES TOOLS

39. Eclipse IoT Community
2.2 26* 170+ 110K
million
lines of code
projects developers monthly
visitors
* and counting!

40. Virtual IoT Meetup
Bi-weekly webinars with IoT experts
1,200 members
http://www.meetup.com/Virtual-IoT

42. Get Involved! Use Eclipse IoT Technology in
your products
Open bugs / fix bugs
Request new features
Write articles, tutorials
Participate on the mailing lists
Come to EclipseCon/IoT!
Propose your project!
iot.eclipse.org

43. Learn more on Wednesday
Dr. Steffen Evers, Bosch Software Innovations
“Building an Open Framework for Cloud-based
IoT Solutions”
Wednesday, September 28 • 11:10 - 11:40
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44. Thank you!
@mmilinkov
mike@eclipse.org