This repository provides IoT dongle platform over Wi-Fi.
IoT dongle enables device to connect the Internet and get the Internet service.
In general, home appliances have long life-cycle, more than 10 years. Then, which air-conditioner do you want to buy? One is not connected to the Internet and you cannot get the innovated service for more than 10 years. The other is connected to the Internet and you need to pay more money. As of now, there is no killer app to force you to buy the Internet connected device.
IoT dongle is another approach. Now, you buy the IoT dongle ready device. Later, you may buy the IoT dongle to enable you to get the valuable service from the Internet, separately.
This is one simple configuration - IoT dongle ready device on ARDUINO and IoT dongle on ESP8266. The following projects explain how to build them.
And there are simulated device and dongle on Windows in the following projects.
This IoT dongle platform is base for all dongles.