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Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things

By : Giacomo Veneri, Antonio Capasso
Book Image

Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things

By: Giacomo Veneri, Antonio Capasso

Overview of this book

We live in an era where advanced automation is used to achieve accurate results. To set up an automation environment, you need to first configure a network that can be accessed anywhere and by any device. This book is a practical guide that helps you discover the technologies and use cases for Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things takes you through the implementation of industrial processes and specialized control devices and protocols. You’ll study the process of identifying and connecting to different industrial data sources gathered from different sensors. Furthermore, you’ll be able to connect these sensors to cloud network, such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, and OEM IoT platforms, and extract data from the cloud to your devices. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll gain hands-on experience in using open source Node-Red, Kafka, Cassandra, and Python. You will also learn how to develop streaming and batch-based Machine Learning algorithms. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the features of Industry 4.0 and be able to build stronger, faster, and more reliable IoT infrastructure in your Industry.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we have analyzed the origin of the IoT and looked at how it came about through a combined set of technologies. We then learned about the key technologies that underlie the IoT, by going into its use cases and business models. We defined the IoT as a technological layer that creates a digital twin of a physical object in the cloud, making the object more intelligent due to the interaction of its digital twin with other digital images living in the cloud. We also identified four levels to define the smartness of a product or object.

We then looked at how the IoT can be applied to the industrial world, thereby beginning the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Industry 4.0. We looked at the key transformation elements that mark out the I-IoT. We also highlighted some of the main use cases of the I-IoT and the main differences between the IoT and the I-IoT. We then listed and understood the different types of analytics that apply to industrial data. Finally, we clarified and defined the industrial scenarios that will be covered in the rest of the book.

In the following chapter, we are going to look at how a factory is structured and organized from an OT perspective. We will consider who produces, processes, and enriches the data. We will also explore some key concepts, including deterministic, real-time, closed loop, sensor, fieldbus, PLCs, CNC, RTU, SCADA, HISTORIANS, MES, and ERP.