Choosing hardware

When choosing hardware, one has to take into consideration its intended purpose, its size, the connectivity options, the architecture, and whether it can work with analog and digital sensors, as well as software requirements.

For prototyping, the best choice is Arduino or Raspberry Pi. However, for industrial IoT tasks, it would be better to use (mini) Field Agents by GE or Siemens solution.

In our case, we chose Raspberry Pi because it is an open source solution featuring versatile usage options. With support from a huge community, users get access to a wide variety of compatible extensions and software solutions that can help to speed up the development process.