Modularized control system to enable networked control and sensing of other devices

A method of adding a network interface and network control to an arbitrary non-network connected device (arbitrary device), said arbitrary device having electrical circuitry to implement functionality of said arbitrary device, said method comprising:

• providing a communications module interface in said arbitrary device to accommodate a communications module;
• said communications module interface configured to interact with said communications module and carry control signals to at least some of said arbitrary device electrical circuitry;
• any of said communications module and said arbitrary device additionally having a unique ID storage memory device configured to transmit unique identification data associated with a type of said arbitrary device;
• said communications module having a wireless network interface configured to establish a communications session with a computer network;
• said communications module having internal solid state memory configured to store capable of storing code and data, wherein at least some of said code is used to operate said arbitrary device, and at least some of said code is used to operate said communications module;
• said communications module having at least one internal processor, said at least one internal processor configured to at least execute said code when said internal processor is connected to said communications module interface in said arbitrary device;
• wherein when said communications module is inserted into said communications module interface, said communications module interface is configured to provide a wireless network connection to said communications module;
• and
• if said code to operate said arbitrary device using said communications module has not been previously loaded into the communications module, then using the network connection and said unique ID to load said code to operate said communications module and said code to operate said arbitrary device;
• wherein said code to operate said communications module configures the at least one internal processor of said communications module to operate as a sandbox or virtual machine manner to isolate said code used to operate said arbitrary device from said code used to operate said communications module, and which mitigates adverse impact of program crashes or errors by preventing program crashes or errors in a portion of said code that operates said arbitrary device from interfering with a portion of said code that operates said communications module's said network interface;
• wherein commands or data to said arbitrary device are transmitted through said network, to said communications module, and are interpreted by said at least one processor running said code to operate said arbitrary device, and wherein said at least one internal processor in turn sends control signals to said arbitrary device's electrical circuitry;
• or wherein commands or data from said arbitrary device's electrical circuitry are transmitted to said communications module, are interpreted by said at least one internal processor running any of said code to operate said communications module and said code to operate said arbitrary device, and transmitted using said network interface to said network.