Internet-of-things device blank

A method for customizing an internet-of-things (IoT) device blank, the method performed by hardware of an IoT device blank, the method comprising:

• test the IoT blank device to determine an initial state by reading an initialization register of the IoT device blank, the initialization register being a hardware component of the IoT device blank set to the initialization state to indicate that the IoT device blank is not customized;
• contacting, in response to a determination that the IoT blank device is in the initial state, the cloud endpoint, via a transceiver of the IoT blank device, to retrieve a package, the contact including a message with an identifier of the IoT blank device;
• receiving the package, the package including an application and a library;
• adding the library to an operating environment of the IoT blank device;
• installing the package including registering the application with a message queue of the IoT blank device, the message queue being the only mechanism by which all downloaded applications, including the application, communicate with other hardware or software components of the IoT device blank to enforce isolation of the applications from the architecture of the IoT device blank;
• registering the library with the message queue to communicate with the application;
• running the application to complete automatic customization of the IoT device to change the IoT device from an undifferentiated device to a customized device;
• receiving data from the application running on the IoT blank device via the message queue;
• and
• transmitting the data to the cloud endpoint via the transceiver of the IoT blank device.

At least one non-transitory machine readable medium including instructions for an internet-of-things (IoT) blank device, the instructions, when executed by the IoT blank device, cause the IoT blank device to:

• test the IoT blank device to determine an initial state by reading an initialization register of the IoT blank device, the initialization register being a hard ware component of the IoT blank device set to the initialization state to indicate that the IoT blank device is not customized;
• contact, in response to a determination that the IoT blank device is in the initial state, the cloud endpoint, via a transceiver, to retrieve a package, the contact including a message with an identifier of the IoT blank device;
• receive the package, the package including an application and a library;
• add the library to an operating environment of the IoT blank device;
• install the package including registering the application with a message queue of the IoT blank device, the message queue being the only mechanism by all downloaded applications, including the application, communicate with other hardware or software components of the IoT device to enforce isolation of the applications from the architecture of the IoT device;
• register the library with the message queue to communicate with the application;
• run the application to complete automatic customization of the IoT device to change the IoT device from an undifferentiated device to a customized device;
• receive data from the application running on the IoT blank device via the message queue;
• and
• transmit the data to the cloud endpoint via the transceiver of the IoT blank device.