The Platform
####Components and Terminology
#####Mobile App - Native Mobile Application built for Android and iOS platforms.
- Allows users to view and share various Sensor related Data
- Required to be installed for running external apps (Axons) built using nervousnet PlatformAPI’s.
- Acts like a connectivity hub for external products like smartwatches, beacons and external sensors that want to share sensor data with the nervousnet platform.
- Android version uses background Services to enable third party apps and extensions to connect and share data with the Nervousnet platform.
- iOS version uses WebViews and allows for external Axons to run inside a WebView container.
#####Axons (Native) - Native Android apps, Smart devices, beacons that can connect to the nervousnet HUB mobile app.
- Uses the nervousnet Platform API's to receive and share sensor data.
- Works only in Android devices.
- Uses the Android background services feature.
- Possibility of using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Direct to do connect to the nervousnet mobile app.
#####Axons (Hybrid) - HTML, JavaScript and CSS applications that run inside WebView containers inside the nervousnet apps.
- Currently supported on the iOS platform.
- Android Platform support in the next phase.
#####nervousnet CORE – Distributed and Decentralized set of Servers
- Used to store and collect Data shared by Clients (Mobile & Web), IOT Hardware sensors and devices, partner platforms and more.
- Individual Servers are called nervousnet Nodes.
- Mobile Clients will have the option of selecting a server from a list.