Dusun IoT Hardware Development Kit Whitepaper
Dusun IoT Hardware Development Kit Whitepaper
White Paper
With the development of the Internet of Things technology, IoT connected devices have become
a trend. All walks of life begin to use the Internet of Things technology to build applications in the
industry, collect equipment data and conduct data analysis remotely. Typical IoT industry
solutions consist of terminal devices, IoT gateways, cloud platforms, and applications. These
components interact with each other through a variety of protocols. The main applications of the
Internet of Things are logistics, electricity, smart cities, smart buildings, industrial automation,
environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, telemedicine, and so on.
With the rise of the Internet of Things industry, more and more software companies are involved
in the Internet of Things solutions and become the developers of IoT industry solutions. Dusun
IoT has launched the IoT Hardware Kit for developers of these industrial solutions, allowing IoT
solution developers to focus on developing SaaS software without having to worry about
hardware.
The IoT(Internet of Things) hardware kit is to provide one-stop hardware device solution of
terminal devices, sensors, and IoT gateway hardware to meet the needs of a certain industry, to
meet the need for data acquisition and analysis of the industry, and to realize remote control of
equipment. Devices and sensors connect to the IoT gateway through wired or wireless protocols,
and the gateway connects to the cloud platform through Ethernet or cellular networks and
transmits and receives data in real-time.
Challenges for Developers of IoT Solutions
Dusun IoT Hardware Kit for different industry applications are using different gateway hardware +
IoT terminal devices, gateway processing chip frequency (from 580MHz to 2GHz), the
architecture including MIPS, ARM, X86, environment level (from consumer to industrial) ,
computing power (from 0.6Tops to 82Tops). Please refer to the Dusun Gateway for Developer
Page for related hardwares. IoT terminal devices include sensors, smart door locks, sockets,
switches, medical devices, meters etc.
Dusun IoT Hardware Kit Architecture
Some of the key features included in the Dusun IoT Hardware Kit architecture are:
The gateway supports multiple protocols, connects to IoT devices through various southbound
protocols, and transmits data to the cloud and analytics infrastructure;
On the LUCI page, you can configure the gateway to a third-party cloud platform based on
standard and proprietary northbound and southbound interfaces;
Gateway has built-in industry edge data processing, BLE AoA positioning algorithm, Bluetooth
roaming algorithm;
Support local device management and device installation, provide APP interface with BlueFi and
WiFi configuration, and quickly access customers' APP implementation;
Edge computing gateway avaliable, which can be used for local application data processing;
Complete intelligent hardware equipment, providing a variety of industry kits, such as security
kits, apartment kits, elderly-care kits, positioning kits, etc.
Features of IoT Gateway in Dusun IoT Hardware Kit
Southbound interface and device integration: It contains a variety of southbound interfaces and
protocols, mainly ZigBee, z-wave, BLE, LoRaWAN, Wi-Fi, Modbus, BACnet, DALI, CAN, etc.;
Northbound interface: It contains a variety of southbound interfaces that can be converted into
northbound interfaces of the interfacing cloud, including ZigBee2MQTT, Z-WAVE2MQTT,
BLE2MQTT, BLE MESH2MQTT, Beacon2MQTT, AoA MQTT and Wi-Fi Sniffer MQTT;
Cloud configuration: 0 code configuration, easy configuration to multiple cloud platforms, AWS
IoT Core, Google IoT core, Azure IoT core, Ali Fly cloud, the things stack, Chirpstack, Things Board;
Edge Computing: Provides a user-deployable, native application hosting environment, rules
engine, and event processing framework that analyzes IoT data close to where it is collected,
minimizes latency, offloads gigabytes of network traffic from the core network and maintains
sensitive data within the network;
Security: Authentication and encryption of northbound interfaces based on TLS certificates,
secure southbound interfaces based on respective standards, user authentication and access
control, software signature and authentication, and security key storage. Monitoring and
diagnosis: Health monitoring of IoT gateway software components, automatic recovery in the
case of failures, alerts, statistics, logs, and traces for diagnosis. Provides encryption for device
connections to ensure secure communication;
Third-party software: Home Assistant, OpenHAB, and Node-Red can all be installed on the
gateway to developing industry applications through third-party software;
Hardware platform: A rich hardware platform to meet the requirements of multiple scenarios;
Operating system: The gateway supports multiple operating systems and can be switched freely;
Device Configuration: It can connect with customers' apps and meet the requirements for on-site
operation.
Local management: LUCI manages local pages and supports command-line operations.
Remote management: remote configuration of gateway and version management of software.
Firmware upgrade: OTA firmware can be upgraded remotely, or SSH users can upgrade
themselves.
Features of End Devices in Dusun IoT Hardware Kit
Wireless standard Internet of Things protocol, ZigBee, Z-wave, BLE, LoRaWAN, etc;
The device supports remote OTA upgrade;
Standardized equipment function model, plug and play, easily solve the problem of
equipment docking.
Dusun IoT gateway architecture can support a variety of open platforms, AWS, Azure,
Google, IBM, Thingsboard, Thingsstack, Chirpstack, etc., with fast configuration and
connection;
Dusun IoT gateway has been certified by AWS, Azure, and Things board platforms.
Certification applications for other platforms are in progress. With a qualified gateway,
developers can connect directly to the platform without making any changes to the
embedded software;
Dusun IoT Gateway is an innovative IoT gateway that connects various sensors/devices via
Zigbee3.0, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Z-WAVE, Sub-G, and Modbus. It comes with
32/485/Modbus/DI/AI wired interface;
Dusun IoT has complete gateway and device authentication, covering most countries and
regions, ready to enter the market.
The Smart Apartment IoT Hardware Kit is mainly used for smart apartments, access management,
energy management, and security management of the apartment. The kit includes:
ZigBee Gateway
Access control
Smart Lock
Thermostat
Smart meter
PIR sensor
Smoke sensor
Smart switch
Smart socket
Fluid leakage sensor
Remote Patients Monitoring IoT Kits
Healthcare providers can remotely take vital signs from patients using telehealth tools like
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). By enabling doctors to provide long-term preventative and
real-time care to patients with chronic diseases without requiring them to leave their homes,
IoT-enabled devices have revolutionized RPM. The kit includes:
Bluetooth Gateway
Blood glucose monitor
Pulse Oximiter
Body fat scale
Smart watch
Smart pill dispenser
Fall detector
The Elderly Home Monitoring kit is mainly used for tracking the behavior of the elderly and
conducting real-time analysis of their behavior habits. The kit includes:
ZigBee gateway
Magnetic door alarm
Temperature and humidity
Fluid leakage detector
PIR sensor
Gas alarm
Vibration sensor
Smoke detector
Emergency button
BLE AoA positioning kit adopts Bluetooth AoA technology, positioning accuracy reaches the 0.3-1
meter and is widely used in hospitals and chemical plants, the kit include:
IoT Edge gateway
AoA locator
Beacons
Based in Hangzhou, China, with clients & partners all over the globe, Dusun IoT was established
in 2005, and has been focusing on the research, development, design and manufacturing of
intelligent human-computer interaction technology and wireless transmission technology for a
long time. Dusun focus on the supply of kernel hardware in the internet of things(IoT). It doesn’t
matter you’re a solution provider, distributor, or IoT developer, Dusun is here to help you create
your best IoT project.
Dusun’s one-stop AIoT developer products and service system has been well-recognized by
domestic and foreign developer groups. Focusing on IoT and industrial customers, Dusun IoT
developers plan to provide a concept of open cooperation, commit to the vision of making
everything more intelligent, and provide competitive products, technologies, solutions and
services to universities, industry users, system integrators and operators. Dusun’s complete
gateway product series has served more than 10000 developers worldwide and more than 1500
customers/partners.