What is ubiworx
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ubiworx :sup:`TM` is an IoT software framework for embedded systems. It enables them to act
as IoT gateways that bridge sensors, actuators and machines at the edge to data
analytics and storage systems in the cloud to form a complete Internet of Things
solutions.

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ubiworx provides the intelligence and communication capability that
enable a Linux-based embedded systems to function as secure and robust
IoT gateways.

Those devices can be configured to collect and locally analyse
measurements from connected sensors. Using user-programmable rules,
ubiworx processes the data to produce valuable information and events
before communicating them securely and reliably to private/public
monitoring and reporting systems.

Users can access live and historical information through a friendly web interface, push 
that information to IoT Cloud Services or retrieve it using our RESTful API.

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       CONNECT SENSORS AND ACTUATORS

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       DEFINE CONTROL RULES AND PROCESS DATA

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       MANAGE DEVICES AND COLLECT INFORMATION



Actuators may also be connected to IoT gateways powered by ubiworx. This
capability enables systems and users to remotely control instruments and
machines.

The ubiworx-broker component empowers the customer to fully manage the flow of all
information and events to private or cloud services and to manage all
connected gateways, sensors and actuators.