Connecting systems in the age of the IIoT

摘要

The use of communications middleware to automate diverse device-to-device communications is not a new concept; however, today's software systems are efficient, flexible and ideal for ensuring that industrial equipment communicates reliably. Nick Pridham discusses how such programmes can save businesses time, money and resources through streamlining the communications process across a range of industrial uses Today's system designers are busy inventing and implementing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications and use cases. At some point in the design process, the system designer will consider how the data communication is to work and have some important issues to address. These include how to ensure all the required device platforms can connect to each other, which networking technology is best to use, and how to simplify the scaling of the network so that thousands of devices can automatically join or leave.