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1\n #Amazon has done much more for building and deploying #IoT devices in a secure and robust manner than any other ecosystem organization. Their focus? Help build and deploy more connected devices. If you are building connected devices, this summary report is for you:

2\n Both their arms #Alexa and #AWS offer solutions at both the ends: the device (h/w and s/w dev kits) and the cloud. So how does it help you, the device maker? Let's find out. Every tweet below is an Amazon solution. Let's start with Alexa first.

3\n Control via #Alexa 1: If you've built a cloud connected device, use the Alexa SmartHome Skill to link it to Alexa. Then users can asks Alexa to ctrl your device, which goes to Alexa cloud, then to your skill, then your cloud and finally to your device. developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome…

4\n Control via #Alexa 2: If you haven't built a cloud connected device yet, consider using Alexa Connect Kit, which is a hardware module that runs code that already takes care of #WiFi setup, secure upgrades & linking with Alexa. developer.amazon.com/alexa/connecte…

5\n Control via #Alexa 3: If your device cannot go to its own cloud, because it uses #BlueTooth, use the Alexa Gadgets Kit to pair with an Echo device nearby, and then communicate locally. It also allows you to OTA upgrade your device. developer.amazon.com/alexa/alexa-ga…

6\n #Alexa on device 1: This is for devices that want to be the mouth (spkr) & ears (mic) of Alexa.
You can use the Alexa Device SDK that can directly talk to the Alexa cloud, making your device a full-fledged Echo device by itself.
github.com/alexa/avs-devi… @alexadevs

7\n #Alexa on the device 2: If you are building a device for #automotive the Alexa Auto SDK gives you everything that the Alexa Device SDK above provides, additionally it provides automotive specific functionality call/navigate/search. #IoT developer.amazon.com/alexa-voice-se… @alexadevs

8\n #Alexa on the device 3: If you are building a device with a graphic screen, you could use the Alexa Smart Screen SDK. This provides everything that the Alexa Device SDK provides, additionally it complements the voice responses with rich visuals developer.amazon.com/alexa-voice-se…

9\n #Alexa on the device 4: Finally if you are building a #Bluetooth device use the Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit. Your device records audio, sends it to the user's phone, which talks to Alexa cloud & relays a response back to the device, which then plays it developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/po…

10/n #AWS 1: Phew! Now for the #AWS side of things. If all you want to build is a Wi-Fi device that provides a toggle/counter, AWS IoT 1-click is for you. Get readymade devices from AWS. What happens in the cloud, on recving the device data is configurable aws.amazon.com/iot-1-click/de…

11/n #AWS 2: For more complex devices, Amazon-freeRTOS is a complete operating system that powers the micro-controllers that go into most connected devices. This makes it easy to program, deploy, secure and manage these devices github.com/aws/amazon-fre… #freertos #iot @awscloud

12/n #AWS 3: AWS Greengrass literally brings the cloud to your device. The #Greengrass runtime lets devices directly run #Lambda functions thus reducing response latencies & bandwidth consumption while allowing dvlprs to use familiar lambda dev models. aws.amazon.com/greengrass/

13/n #AWS 4: And now for AWS offerings on the cloud. AWS IoT Core allows devices to connect to a cloud using the lightweight #MQTT protocol. With a rules engine in AWS IoT, messages to/from the device can be routed to any other AWS module or API endpoint docs.aws.amazon.com/iot/latest/dev…

14/n #AWS 5: AWS IoT Analytics is helpful for running analysis on your unstructured IoT Data aws.amazon.com/iot-analytics/… #IoT @awscloud

15/n #AWS 6: AWS Device Defender is useful for audit and notifications of abnormal behaviour or insecure policies/configurations