Internet of Things (IoT)
Internet of Things (IoT)
fluxrig is a high-performance distributed runtime designed to solve the critical challenges of asynchronous data acquisition across unreliable networks. It functions as an IoT Edge Runtime, enabling engineers to multiplex data from LoRaWAN, Zigbee, BLE, and CAN bus into a unified, cloud-native stream.
By shifting complexity to the Distributed Node, fluxrig allows organizations to reduce recurring carrier costs, maintain data integrity during backhaul outages, and retain full ownership of their telematic logic.
Deployment patterns
Unlike monolithic IIoT gateways, fluxrig provides a flexible spectrum of operational patterns for high-density device orchestration.
The autonomous field gateway
Ideal for disconnected environments (e.g., Cold Chain, AgTech), where the Rack acts as a high-reliability persistence node with deterministic finality.
- Deterministic Persistence: Implements a high-concurrency CBOR-encoded Binary WAL (Write-Ahead Log) with Encryption-at-Rest. This ensures 100% data integrity during LTE or Satellite network dropouts.
- Edge Data Filtering: Analyzing data locally at the source. By only transmitting "Significant Events" (e.g., Temperature Variance > 0.5C) and discarding redundant heartbeats, organizations can achieve up to a 95% reduction in recurring carrier costs.
The transparent asset proxy
A high-performance deployment model for individual telematic units or industrial vehicles.
- Sovereign Telemetry: Use the Bento Gear to bridge proprietary CAN bus or Modbus registers directly to semantic
fluxMsgevents with minimal overhead. - Zero Trust Identity: Every asset operates with independent mTLS certificates, ensuring that a compromised peripheral cannot impact the wider fleet.
The LPWAN consolidation hub
Manage high-density sensor arrays (Zigbee, LoRaWAN) using a multiplexing model for smart city environments.
- Telemetry Aggregation: The hub collects data from thousands of low-power leaf nodes, flattens the telemetry into a unified schema, and flushes it to the Management Mixer via a secure mTLS tunnel.
Visualization: The field gateway flow
Step-by-step processing
- Data Multiplexing (1-2): Heterogeneous data from mesh and trackers are ingested into the Rack agent.
- Deterministic WAL (3): Every bit is anchored to the local immutable archive before any network processing occurs.
- Autonomous Filtering (4-5): Redundant data is discarded locally; only high-value events enter the encrypted tunnel.
- Sovereign Command (6): The central Mixer receives a clean, normalized, and secured stream for orchestration.
Institutional permissive freedom
fluxrig is a platform for institutional builders provided under the Apache 2.0 license.
Most IoT platforms enforce a "per-device" billing model that creates a "Success Tax" as your fleet scales. fluxrig offers:
- Royalty-Free Scaling: Deploy across 10 or 10,000 nodes without increasing platform licensing overhead.
- SaaS Lock-in Hedge: Maintain a sovereign data layer. By defining your normalization logic locally, you can pivot between cloud providers without rewriting your field infrastructure.
TIP
Verification Strategy: For large-scale fleet deployments, use Scenario-Driven Simulation to verify that your Filtering Logic maintains data integrity across simulated network partitions.
Implementation reference
| Gear | Function | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bento | Universal Protocol Bridge (MQTT, CAN, etc.) | Stable |
| io_lorawan | Native LoRaWAN LNS Integration | Planned |
| Wasm Logic | Custom Parsing & Edge Filtering | Planned |
Implementation reference
| Gear | Function | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bento | Universal Protocol Bridge (MQTT, CAN, etc.) | Stable |
| io_lorawan | Native LoRaWAN LNS Integration | Planned |
| Wasm Logic | Custom Parsing & Edge Filtering | Planned |