Universal interface for sensor devices

A method for operating a device as at least one of an edge device or gateway, comprising:

• loading at least a virtual file system and an application in a device, the virtual file system providing an interface through which a sensor device is accessible to the at least one application;
• executing the application to cause interconnect circuitry to at least one of transmit instructions to, or receive data from, the sensor device utilizing the virtual file system;
• and
• routing instructions generated by the application that utilize a first communication protocol to a protocol abstraction layer, wherein the protocol abstraction layer is configured to convert the data into a second communication protocol specific to the sensor device, wherein a remote procedure call is transmitted within the second communication protocol, wherein the second communication protocol is at least one of:
• an SPI communication, or a Wi-Fi broadcast, and wherein to convert the data includes to convert from a first data schema to a second data schema.

At least one machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions for operating a device as at least one of an edge device or gateway that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• load at least a virtual file system and an application in a device, the virtual file system providing an interface through which a sensor device is accessible to the at least one application;
• execute the application to cause interconnect circuitry to at least one of transmit instructions to, or receive data from, the sensor device utilizing the virtual file system, and
• route instructions generated by the application that utilize a first communication protocol to a protocol abstraction layer, wherein the protocol abstraction layer is configured to convert the data into a second communication protocol specific to the sensor device, wherein a remote procedure call is transmitted within the second communication protocol, wherein the second communication protocol is at least one of:
• an SPI communication or a Wi-Fi broadcast, and wherein to convert the data includes to convert from a first data schema to a second data schema.