This book covers IoT from an architectural and holistic point of view from sensor to cloud including all the physical transports and transformation between the two. Because this book is an architectural guide, it attempts to maintain enough depth to teach another architect the constraints and discipline of an underlying system. There are countless books and tutorials on IoT specifics, such as MQTT protocol, cloud design and DevOps, power and battery design, and RF signal analysis. These are all important components for an IoT system, and a qualified architect should be able to span the breadth to design a robust system. However, the architect must understand when to pull up from design details to continue to provide value as an architect.

这本书涵盖了物联网从架构和整体的角度从传感器到云，包括所有的物理传输和两者之间的转换。因为这本书是一本架构指南，它试图保持足够的深度来教另一个架构师底层系统的约束和规程。关于物联网的细节，有无数的书籍和教程，如MQTT协议、云设计和DevOps、电源和电池设计以及射频信号分析。这些都是物联网系统的重要组成部分，一个合格的架构师应该能够跨越广度来设计一个健壮的系统。但是，架构师必须了解何时从设计细节中提取，以继续作为架构师提供价值。