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How much signal processing belongs on the BLE device vs in the cloud?

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Put signal processing on the edge when bandwidth, safety, or latency make cloud decisions too slow. Use cloud analytics when models change often or value comes from cross-fleet comparison. For a vibration sensor, firmware can enforce shutdown thresholds locally while the cloud trains predictive maintenance models from aggregated history.

Published August 2026 · Last technically reviewed August 2026

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