Devices

Introduction

Devices are producers and consumers of ClearBlade IoT Platform resources. Often, they are sensors that generate data that the ClearBlade Edge or Platform processes. In other cases, a device may be a hardware controller, which consumes commands and controls a motor or actuator.

Learn how to create and configure devices here.

Purpose

Devices may not be IP-enabled and require physical communication protocols like BLE or Zigbee. Often, a gateway is an IP-enabled machine used to communicate with one or more sensors.

Authentication

See Security for how to authenticate a device.

Security

See Security for details on authorization for devices and assets.

Management

Management can be performed via:

• Developer console

• REST API

• Portals