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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

Wired versus wireless

Wired sensors have some obvious advantages. With a hardwired connection, data can be transmitted much faster and without delays over short distances. Routing power to the sensor is also not a problem; most industrial sensors that are being used to collect essential data from machine networks should probably be hardwired connections. This is mission-critical data and collecting and analyzing that information without interruption is also critical. However, wiring and connecting those components can come at a high cost. When the signal traverse length is extended due to distributed and decentralized peripheries, signal loss, and speed is possible. Here, wireless technology with radio transceivers gains speed range and bandwidth advantage.

In recent years, say the last 6 to 8 years, wireless sensors have become more prominent in manufacturing and environmental monitoring. Advances in technology and low-cost sensors have been a significant driver in this effort...