Key concepts
To understand ClearBlade IoT Core, you should be familiar with the following concepts:
Internet of Things (IoT)
A collective term for the physical objects connected to the internet (directly or indirectly) that can exchange data without user involvement.
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All event data (for example, environment measurements about the environment) sent from devices to the cloud. This data is called telemetry event data. You can use Google Cloud Big Data SolutionsSmart Analytics to analyze it.
An arbitrary, user-defined data blob that describes the device's current status. Device state data can be structured or unstructured. It flows only in the device-to-cloud direction.
An arbitrary, user-defined data blob used to modify a device's settings. Configuration data can be structured or unstructured. It flows only in the cloud-to-device direction.
A device container with shared properties. You register a device with a service (like ClearBlade IoT Core) to manage it.
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A device manager registers devices with the service , so you can monitor and configure them.
Two protocol bridges (MQTT and HTTP ) protocol bridges are used by devices to connect to the Google Cloud Platform.
Device telemetry data is forwarded to a Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic, which can be used to trigger Google Cloud Functions. You can also perform streaming analysis with Google Cloud Dataflow or custom analysis with your subscribers.
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