Chipata cha WebThings imaimira ndi gawo lapadziko lonse lapansi lokonzekera mwayi wopezeka m'magulu osiyanasiyana a ogula ndi zida za IoT, kubisa zomwe zili papulatifomu iliyonse osafunikira kugwiritsa ntchito mapulogalamu apadera kwa wopanga aliyense. Kuti mulumikizane ndi chipata ndi nsanja za IoT, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito ma protocol a ZigBee ndi ZWave, WiFi kapena kulumikizana mwachindunji kudzera pa GPIO. Chipata ndi chotheka kukhazikitsa pa bolodi la Raspberry Pi ndikupeza makina owongolera kunyumba omwe amaphatikiza zida zonse za IoT mnyumbamo ndikupereka zida zowunikira ndikuwongolera kudzera pa intaneti.
Pulatifomu imakupatsaninso mwayi wopanga mapulogalamu owonjezera a intaneti omwe angagwirizane ndi zida kudzera Web Thing API. Chifukwa chake, m'malo moyika pulogalamu yanu yam'manja pamtundu uliwonse wa chipangizo cha IoT, mutha kugwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe amodzi a intaneti. Kuti muyike WebThings Gateway, ingotsitsani firmware yoperekedwa ku SD khadi, tsegulani "gateway.local" mu msakatuli, khazikitsani cholumikizira ku WiFi, ZigBee kapena ZWave, pezani zida za IoT zomwe zilipo, sinthani magawo olowera kunja ndikuwonjezera. zida zodziwika kwambiri patsamba lanu lanyumba.
Chipatacho chimathandizira ntchito monga kuzindikira zida pa netiweki yakomweko, kusankha adilesi ya intaneti yolumikizira zida kuchokera pa intaneti, kupanga maakaunti kuti mupeze mawonekedwe awebusayiti, kulumikiza zida zomwe zimathandizira ma protocol a ZigBee ndi Z-Wave pachipata, kutsegula kwakutali ndikuzimitsa zida kuchokera pa pulogalamu yapaintaneti, kuyang'anira kutali komwe kuli nyumba komanso kuyang'anira makanema.
WebThings Framework imapereka zida zosinthira zopanga zida za IoT zomwe zimatha kulumikizana mwachindunji pogwiritsa ntchito Web Things API. Zida zotere zimatha kudziwidwa ndi WebThings Gateway-based gateways kapena pulogalamu yamakasitomala (pogwiritsa ntchito mDNS) pakuwunika ndi kuyang'anira kudzera pa intaneti. Kukhazikitsa kwa seva kwa Web Zinthu API kumakonzedwa ngati malaibulale mu Python, Java,