What are the components used in an edge analytics application?

As we have learned in the previous chapter, to build an edge analytics application, there are certain components that we must use. In the following sections, we will expand on basic components before taking a look at components specific to Microsoft Azure.

Basic edge analytics components

If we were to build a simple edge analytics application from scratch, we would require sensors for measurement, a microcontroller or computer for processing this information, a connection to the internet for sending this information, and of course a cloud service of some sort to acquire and display the information. In this section, we will discuss what could be considered basic...