ThingsBoard is a mature IoT platform that offers extensive device management, telemetry, and data analytics capabilities, suitable for various industrial applications. It supports multiple communication protocols and is designed for scalability, allowing users to manage thousands of devices effectively. The platform includes a professional edition with advanced features, customizable dashboards, and predictive analytics for enhanced business intelligence.

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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
TechYugadi IT Solutions & Consulting
ThingsBoard Partner
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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
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Features and Differentiators
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Architecture and Deployment
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Trendz Analytics
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Prominent Use Cases
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ThingsBoard: A Mature IoT Platform
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Apache Licensed Open Source Project
– 1.0: Dec 2016 ⟶ 3.1.1: Aug 2020
github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard
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Feature Rich Professional Edition (on Cloud)
cloud.thingsboard.io
– Create an account (credit card not needed)

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Full-Featured Enterprise Ready
DEVICE
MANAGEMENT
DEVICE
MANAGEMENT TELEMETRYTELEMETRY RULES
ENGINE
RULES
ENGINE VISUALIZATIONVISUALIZATION
HORIZONTAL
SCALABILITY
HORIZONTAL
SCALABILITY SECURESECURE CUSTOMIZABLECUSTOMIZABLE
MULTI
TENANT
MULTI
TENANT

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End-to-end Functionality
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Modbus
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OPC-UA
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IoT Platform
ThingsBoard
Trendz Analytics
CONNECTIVITY
DEVICE AND DATA
MANAGMENT BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE
IoT
DEVICE
MQTT /
CoAP

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Good Fit For IIoT Applications

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Trusted Globally
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TEKTELIC ONESERVE NETTRA ENVIROEYE
SENSOLYZE X-TELIA OSITECH
ENERGIE
INSTITUT
BEACON ZONE VISIBLE ENERGY
SUPERTECH
AGRO
E2C

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ThingsBoard Professional Edition

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Overarching Goals
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ThingsBoard Platform was developed with
following objectives:
– Connect existing NB IoT, LoRaWAN, SigFox and
other devices with specific payload formats
directly to ThingsBoard platform
– Stream data from devices connected to existing
IoT Platforms to enable real-time interactive
dashboards and efficient data processing

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Core Functionality
DEVICE
ASSET
RELATIONS
CLOUD
RULES
DASHBOARDS
ALERTS /
NOTIFICATIONS
TENANT
ADMINISTRATOR
Provision
Connect
Define
Create

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Connectivity
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Direct Protocol Support: MQTT, CoAP, HTTP(S)
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Platform Integration Support for low-level
wireless protocols: LoRaWAN, SigFox, NBIoT
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Legacy Protocols Modbus, OPC-UA, etc. (for
IIoT): through ThingsBoard Gateway
– For Local Area Network and fewer devices
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Bidirectional Protocol Translation: Built-in and
custom Data Covnverters

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Device Management
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Provision / Deprovision an IoT device
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Once provisioned these services are available
– Device Identification
– Device Authentication
– Create / Query Device-specific attributes
– Listen on device-specific events
– Set Device-specific alarms

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Telemetry
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Telemetry lies at the heart of the platform
– Collects data from devices
– Stores time series in Cassandra database
– Processes data according to Rules
– Generates alarms
– Forwards events to external systems
through Kafka and RabbitMQ integration

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Telemetry Rule Chain
An example of a Rule Chain for processing Device Telemetry Data

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Telemetry Engine
Data
Collection
RULE
CHAIN
CASSANDRA
ALARMS
DASHBOARDS
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KAFKA
THINGSBOARD PLATFORM

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Dashboards
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Dashboards with tabular, graphical and
geo-data visualization are supported

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Alerts and Notifications
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Alerts and notifications are raised based on
device telemetry data and configured rules
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Fine grained severity levels supported
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Various device states can be tracked
– Connected / Disconnected, Active / Inactive
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Various types of notifications can be created
– Email, Telegram (mobile app), websocket
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Platform includes general purpose scheduler

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Security
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Security can be enforced at various levels
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Device Authentication (Access Token / X.509)
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Message Encryption (MQTT over TLS)
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Role-based Access Control
– Create hierarchy of roles and specific
permissions for user group / device group
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Tenant on-boarding using Oauth 2.0
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Audit Logs

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Customization
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Most ThingsBoard features are customizable
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New Data Converters can be developed
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For Protocols not supported out-of-the-box,
ThingsBoard Professional Services can help
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Integration with third party systems possible
through a Kafka bridge and REST APIs
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Even the UI is customizable: new widgets can
be developed
– White label version of the product available

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Community vs Professional Edition
Features Community Professional
Asset management & Data collection ✓ ✓
End-user real-time dashboards ✓ ✓
Customizable rule chains, widgets ✓ ✓
MQTT, HTTP, CoAP, OPC-UA transport ✓ ✓
Integrations with BigData systems ✓ ✓
NB-IoT, SigFox, LoRaWAN support Basic Advanced
Rule Engine: Components Basic Advanced
Entity groups ✘ ✓
Advanced RBAC for IoT ✘ ✓
Scheduler ✘ ✓
Reporting ✘ ✓
Multi-tenant configurable white-labeling ✘ ✓
CSV/XLS data export ✘ ✓
Platform Integrations ✘ ✓

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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
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Features and Differentiators
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Architecture
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ThingsBoard can be installed on premise / on
cloud (available on AWS marketplace)
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It is natively multi-tenant
– tenant is a separate business-entity:
individual / organization who owns devices
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Each tenant manages its own
– Devices and Assets
– Rules
– Dashboards, etc.

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Scalability and Fault Tolerance
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ThingsBoard Platform support clustering
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All ThingsBoard server nodes are identical
(no master-slave configuration)
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Clustering is based on either docker-compose
or Kubernetes
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In either case, clustering ensures no single
point of failure
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Architecture is highly scalable: each node can
serve ten to hundred thousand devices

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Federation
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Existing applications on AWS IoT platform can
be conncted to ThingsBoard
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Typically this makes use of MQTT message
exchange between the two platforms
AWS IoT Platform
Data
Converter
ThingsBoard
IoT PlatformMQTT

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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
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Features and Differentiators
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Architecture and Deployment
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Trendz Analytics
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Additional Component that connects to both
ThingsBoard Professional and Community
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Specialized for following functionality
– Analyze patterns and display trends
– Detect outliers and anomalies
– Predictive Analytics and maintenance
– Creating and reporting custom KPIs
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Particularly useful in IIoT applications

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Grouping and Filtering
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Trendz Analytics goes beyond dashboards
feature in ThingsBoard
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Offers advanced grouping, aggregates, filters
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For example grouping by:
– Entities: Building, Apartment, Water Meter
– Time: Month, Week, Day, Hour
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Filtering by hieararchies of assets / devices
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Advanced operations: pulse output telemetry

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Predictive Analytics
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Various predictive algorithms are supported:
– Linear Regression, ARIMA, Fourier Transform

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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
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Prominent Use Cases
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Just a few of the myriads of use cases where
ThingsBoard has been the platform of choice:
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IIoT
– Predictive maintenance of factory
equipment using anamoly detection
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Fleet Tracking
– Reliable and fault-tolerant data collection
for vehicle trackers / embedded sensors
– Real-time data visualization

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Prominent Use Cases
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Smart Metering
– Collect and analyze data from smart meters
and feed results into billing systems
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Smart Farming
– Constantly monitor ambient conditions like
temperature and humidity
– Monitor crop growth
– Compare over different time ranges and farms

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Prominent Use Cases
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Smart Energy

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ThingsBoard IoT Platform
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Features and Differentiators
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Architecture and Deployment
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Trendz Analytics
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Prominent Use Cases
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Sign-up

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Sign Up
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Sign-up for 30-day trial of Professional Edition
at https://cloud.thingsboard.io/
– All features enabled
– No credit card required
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