TPE2-Application-Development

ThingsPro Edge Application v.s. tpFunc Function

There are two ways for customers to develop, run your own application on ThingsPro Edge device. Both ways allow your application to integrate and leverage ThingsPro Edge's capabilities and features by Restful API and SDK.

The application could be edge computing program (to calculate, manipulate, analysis data on edge), data acquisition (to fetch data by proprietary protocols), scheduling task (to arrange routine operation tasks), or data publish program (to transfer data to specific IT system).

Below table gives you ideas how to select suitable application development way to fit your requirements.

	ThingsPro Edge Application	tpFunc Function
Framework	Docker container managed by ThingsPro Edge	Python program managed by tpFunc
Language	All programing language	Python 3
TagHub SDK	Python, C and Go Lang SDK	Python SDK
Access TPE API	OK	OK
LAN Access	OK	OK
WAN Access	OK	OK
Storage Access	OK	X
Serial Port Access	OK (*)	X
BLE Access	OK (*)	X
Expose Restful API	OK	OK
Expose Web GUI	OK	X
Knowledge Require	Docker container Application design Linux Driver & Utility ThingsPro Edge Application build and deployment	Python coding tpFunc deployment
Program Design Pattern	By your own	- Time Driven - Data Driven - Web API Style
Other Limitations		- One source code

(*) Need to mount physical resources into Docker container

ThingsPro Edge Application

• What is ThingsPro Edge Application

Python3 Sample App

1. Build and Run "Hello World" Application
2. Invoke ThingsPro Edge API on "Hello World" Application
3. Use TagHub SDK on Hello World Application 1 (publish tag)
4. Use TagHub SDK on Hello World Application 2 (subscribe tag)
5. (Example) Azure IoT Central Demo Application
6. (Example) OPC UA Client Application

Dotnet Core C# Sample App

1. Build and Run "Hello World" Application
2. Invoke ThingsPro Edge API on "Hello World" Application
3. Use TagHub SDK on Hello World Application 1 (publish tag)
4. Use TagHub SDK on Hello World Application 2 (subscribe tag)

tpFunc Function

1. What is tpFunc and tpFunc funciton
2. (Example) Scheduled Operation Task 1 (by confg)
3. (Example) Scheduled Operation Task 2 (by code)
4. (Example) Enable onChange Feature on TagHub

Azure IoT Edge Module

1. Develop your "thingspro-agent"
2. Develop Module on .Net Core 6 (ARM32, Debian64)