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Industrial IoT for Architects and Engineers

By : Joey Bernal, Bharath Sridhar
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Industrial IoT for Architects and Engineers

By: Joey Bernal, Bharath Sridhar

Overview of this book

When it comes to using the core and managed services available on AWS for making decisions about architectural environments for an enterprise, there are as many challenges as there are advantages. This Industrial IoT book follows the journey of data from the shop floor to the boardroom, identifying goals and aiding in strong architectural decision-making. You’ll begin from the ground up, analyzing environment needs and understanding what is required from the captured data, applying industry standards and conventions throughout the process. This will help you realize why digital integration is crucial and how to approach an Industrial IoT project from a holistic perspective. As you advance, you’ll delve into the operational technology realm and consider integration patterns with common industrial protocols for data gathering and analysis with direct connectivity to data through sensors or systems. The book will equip you with the essentials for designing industrial IoT architectures while also covering intelligence at the edge and creating a greater awareness of the role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in overcoming architectural challenges. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to apply IoT directly to the industry while adapting the concepts covered to implement AWS IoT technologies.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1:An Introduction to Industrial IoT and Moving Toward Industry 4.0
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Part 2: IoT Integration for Industrial Protocols and Systems
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Part 3:Building Scalable, Robust, and Secure Solutions

Understanding IIoT architectural principles

The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany, in its vision for 2030, proposed three main pillars for shaping digital ecosystems globally: autonomy, interoperability, and sustainability. We can derive some key principles of architectural design from them. Autonomy focuses on the independent yet informed decision-making capabilities of individual components of the system. Interoperability helps create flexible networking between various stakeholders to create agile value networks. This has enabled standards and regulatory frameworks that aid in the seamless interconnection and exchange of information. Sustainability is a key pillar, focusing on a responsible manufacturing environment with social and corporate governance in mind.

The fundamental architectural principles or tenets are described in Figure 9.1. Simplicity, serviceability, standardization, scalability, and security – the five S principles for IIoT...