.CAT Platform

Small platform for IoT applications

Goals:

• provide an authomous software platform for various IoT systems
• collection of information from different sources, including physical sensors
• controlling of actuators
• creation of the abstraction layer for different protocols and categories of devices
• providing of the API for client devices (RESTfull approach chosen)
• integration with existing services
• automation scenarios: if this than that

Components:

• Thing classes and subclasses; abstractions of real-world objects;
• all things are connected via various Connections;
• REST API interface;
• debug CLI interface;
• MessageHub: message routing subsystem;
• Handlers: scripts that starts on specified events.

UML diagram:

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Compatibility

Core platform can be runned on any computer with Linux-based OS and Python 3 installed.

Additional dependencies: requirements.txt

In the next release (v0.4):

• upgraded Things subsystem;
• caching of Thing's state, dynamic state updating;
• support of dynamic connection, reconnection and disconnection of Things;
• filtering of Things by placement (room, for example) in REST API;
• basic support of Sensors and MQTTSensors;
• authorization of clients;
• proper documentation.

In future releases:

• data/history logger;
• support of the command-line parameters;
• users and permissions;
• more things and connections.

Outdated description of the system (v0.2):

Подробное опиcание и документация данного проекта (устаревшие) размещены на Google Docs