Industrial IoT - IoT Digital Twin PLM

VDA 5050 AMR Fleet Management: Reference Architecture (2026)

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO July 25, 2026iiotNo Comments

VDA 5050 AMR fleet management explained: the MQTT-based interface between master control and mobile robots - order and state topics, node/edge graphs, traffic management and multi-vendor fleet orchestration in 2026.

TwinOps: The Operational Lifecycle Architecture for Digital Twins (2026)

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO July 10, 2026Digital TwinNo Comments

TwinOps applies DevOps discipline to digital twins: model versioning, continuous state sync, validation gates, drift detection, and closed-loop control across the twin lifecycle.

Module Type Package (MTP) Reference Architecture for Modular Process Automation (2026)

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO July 2, 2026iiotNo Comments

A reference architecture for Module Type Package (MTP): the VDI/VDE/NAMUR 2658 model, MTP services, POL orchestration, and how modular automation decouples equipment from the DCS.

W3C Web of Things (WoT) Reference Architecture for Industrial IoT (2026)

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO June 29, 2026iiotNo Comments

A reference architecture for the W3C Web of Things: Thing Descriptions, the four building blocks, protocol bindings, and how WoT unifies fragmented IoT without replacing your stack.

SCADA vs OPC vs IoT Platform vs Data Historian (2026)

By mprcba June 28, 2026iiotNo Comments

SCADA vs OPC vs IoT platform vs data historian in 2026: what each layer does, where they overlap, and a decision matrix for your industrial data architecture.

Apache PLC4X Tutorial: Stream PLC Tags to MQTT and Kafka

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO June 28, 2026DevelopmentNo Comments

A hands-on Apache PLC4X tutorial: read PLC tags over Modbus and S7, bridge them to MQTT and Kafka, and build a vendor-neutral industrial data pipeline.

Industrial Protocol Gateway Architecture: OT/IT Translation (2026)

By mprcba June 24, 2026iiotNo Comments

A 2026 reference architecture for industrial protocol gateways: Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT and Profinet translation, edge buffering, security zones, and redundancy.

LoRaWAN vs NB-IoT vs LTE-M: Industrial IoT (2026)

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO June 8, 2026iotNo Comments

An engineer's 2026 comparison of LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, and LTE-M for industrial sensor networks: range, power, latency, cost, and a decision matrix.

IoT, Digital Twin & PLM: The Complete 2026 Overview

By mprcba June 2, 2026iiotNo Comments

How IoT, digital twins, and PLM converge in 2026 — architectures, data flow, integration patterns, and the business value of the digital thread.

Fact-Check: 6 Industrial IoT ROI Claims That Don’t Survive Audit

By MPRAUTO MPRAUTO May 26, 2026iiotNo Comments

Six common industrial IoT ROI claims fact-checked against real plant deployments — what holds up, what collapses, and where the actual payback lives.