Details regarding Smartthings Architecture?

[JDRoberts]

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one of the more recent diagrams

Yep. That one leaves off direct-connected devices, though.

How to Build Direct Connected Devices

How to build Direct Connected devices with the SmartThings Platform Direct connected devices do not require a middle cloud or a hub. After flashing the firmware the device will use the SmartThings platform as its backend provider. Communication happens directly between the platform and the device over MQTT. The SDK enables rapid development of these devices on a variety of low cost SOCs. Workstation Setup Prerequisites: Latest release of Ubuntu (v20.04 as of this tutorial) Python 3 ESP32 SoC Espressif IDF SmartThings SDK for Direct Connected Devices Example Apps Development of Direct Connected devices with the SDK is currently optimized for Ubuntu workstations. The tutorial will be using the latest 20.04 release of Ubuntu. The distro does not matter, but a Debian-based distro will yi…

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