/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pi-iot/b/blog/posts/pi-iot-thuis-3-software-architectureTo make the Thuis app as flexible and efficient as possible a solid architecture is needed for the system. Different systems have different properties, which are most important, for Thuis it&#39;s important to provide the wanted functionality, be rel...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pi-iot/b/blog/posts/pi-iot-thuis-3-software-architectureFri, 03 Jun 2016 06:38:40 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c34c6909-fbd5-4e0c-8725-2424c59655a4fvan1<p>Looks like I&#39;ll be learning quite a lot from reading your posts, which is great! <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c34c6909-fbd5-4e0c-8725-2424c59655a4/3617.contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1539&AppID=138&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/pi-iot/b/blog/posts/pi-iot-thuis-3-software-architectureThu, 02 Jun 2016 20:26:07 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c34c6909-fbd5-4e0c-8725-2424c59655a4balearicdynamics1<p>Interesting explanation. I have a couple of questions (maybe some details you will explain in another post later and if so, sorry for my anticipation).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The PI3 in your architecture scheme it is connected to a database and a NAS. These two units are part of the PI3 hardware or are external device that are controlled through the network connection by the PI ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You mention the MQTT as the main IoT machine to machine communication protocol. Does this include some kind of security layer ? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks. Enrico</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=1539&AppID=138&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">