Accelerate Your IoT Development with the UPM Sensor Library

Seize the IoT opportunity — and bring vertical industry solutions to market faster

The key to delivering on the IoT promise is sensors: software-defined technology that gathers data from devices, environments, people, robots, and machines which enables edge visibility and cloud-based analysis.

Now you can add your sensors to the UPM sensor framework—one of the largest available collections of IoT sensors. You’ll increase visibility by IoT developers and innovators worldwide, access tools and expertise to accelerate time to market, and reduce the learning curve in a vital community. Configuring IoT solutions can be complex. We’re here to help turn your vision into market-ready products.

You also have the option to use the many diverse sensors in the library by following simple step-by-step instructions designed to streamline your development process. Or, take advantage of the Intel® IoT Developer Kit, which includes easy-to-use hardware, software, tools, and cloud services.

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Add Your Sensors to the UPM Sensor Library

1. Go to the GitHub site set up by Intel, which is dedicated to IoT sensors, and follow the simple step-by-step process to onboard your sensor.
2. Move your final version to GitHub .
3. Intel will review your sensor; once approved, sensors are automatically uploaded to UPM.

How to Add an IoT Sensor to Your Project

1. Find the sensor you want to use from our sensor directory
2. You can search by sensor type (e.g., temperature, humidity, accelerometer, gas), connection type, or manufacturer
3. Once you find your sensor, you can find code snippets for each of the supported languages (C/C++, Node.js, Java, and Python)
4. View the full source and API documentation on GitHub

Four Steps to Add Sensor Code to Your Project

1. Install one of our IDEs: Intel® XDK or Intel® System Studio IoT Edition
2. Create a new project for one of the supported platforms
3. Use the integrated Sensor Explorer to browse and import sensor libraries into your project
4. Develop your application code, connect the hardware, and deploy to your target platform

Your Plug-and-Play Sensor Libraries

MRAA

• Linux library for low-speed I/O communication in C with bindings for C++, Python, Node.js, Lua*, and Java.
• Supports the Intel® Edison compute module, Intel® Joule™ compute module, Intel® Galileo board, Raspberry Pi*, MinnowBoard MAX*, UP Board*, BeagleBone*, etc.
• Supports microcontroller (MCU) platforms, including the Arduino 101* (branded Genuino 101* outside the U.S.) board, TinyTILE*, Intel® Quark™ microcontroller C1000, and Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000.
• Simplifies and allows control of low-level communication protocols by high-level languages and constructs.
• API documentation is available for C/C++, Java, Python, and Node.js.

Quickly download Intel’s MRAA library APIs and code

See install instructions and the full range of MRAA library-supported boards at github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa.

Useful Packages and Modules (UPM) The UPM library includes packages and modules for sensor solutions. It can be accessed by sensor category, connection type, and manufacturer, and includes starter kits to fast-track solution development for key vertical markets. High-level repository of software drivers for a wide variety of commonly used sensors and actuators. Sensors tend to measure aspects of the environment and provide data input. Actuators perform actions at the edge, such as turning on a light switch or opening a door. UPM software drivers interact with the underlying hardware platform through calls to the MRAA API. Find the UPM library at github.com/intel-iot-devkit/upm.

Explore the sensor framework MRAA library UPM library

A small sampling of the extensive plug-and-play sensor library built to simplify IoT solution development