IoT Platforms: Which Hardware? (April 2020)
For ease of use, I recommend boards with built-in WiFi or Bluetooth capability. Relying on a shield is possible, but is often more difficult to configure and more expensive to buy.
The links redirect to the reviews of the boards. |
Since April 2020 when this page was initially published, almost all the boards recommended have disappeared. |
LaunchPad
UPDATE The Energia IDE no longer seems to be maintained. |
Arduino and Genuino
UPDATE All the boards mentioned are end-of-life or deprecated, and replaced by the new Nano and MKR boards. |
MediaTek LinkIt
UPDATE Mediatek has closed the cloud service and dedicated website. |
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Udoo Neo
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RedBear Duo
UPDATE RedBear is now part of Particle, and the boards are longer supported. |
Other Boards
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A really powerful board, but the IP stack is managed by software.
UPDATE All those boards are end-of-life: LightBlue focuses now on software; chipKIT is no longer active; Particle has a new line of boards; ESP8266 is superseded by the ESP32. |
Posted: 06 Apr 2020
Updated: 23 Noc 2021