Brownfield Modbus Retrofit to Unified Namespace: Edge Gateway Options Compared
Retrofit Modbus RTU and TCP machines into a Unified Namespace: gateway options, polling vs report-by-exception, data modeling, and failure modes in brownfield plants.
OPC UA Companion Specifications as MCP Tools: Wiring Industrial Semantics into AI Agents (2026)
OPC UA has 400+ companion specifications of industrial semantics. How to expose them to AI agents as MCP tools and RAG corpora - architecture, pitfalls and safety.
Sparkplug B vs Plain MQTT Topics: Do You Actually Need Sparkplug? (2026)
Sparkplug B 3.0 vs plain MQTT topic design in 2026: a decision guide on when the extra schema, state, and tooling actually pay off.
Unified Namespace (UNS) Reference Architecture for Industrial IoT in 2026
The Unified Namespace reference architecture for industrial IoT in 2026: MQTT Sparkplug B backbone, ISA-95 mapping, and rollout patterns.
OPC UA vs MQTT Sparkplug B: The Industrial Connectivity Decision (2026)
OPC UA vs MQTT Sparkplug B compared for 2026 industrial connectivity: semantic modeling, state management, and when to run both together.
OPC UA FX vs MQTT Sparkplug B (2026): Which for Your UNS
OPC UA FX vs MQTT Sparkplug B compared for the Unified Namespace: machine-level field exchange vs enterprise event bus, TSN, payloads, when to bridge. 2026 decision guide.
MQTT Protocol: The Complete 2026 Technical Guide
MQTT 5.0 explained for 2026 — packet structure, QoS, retained messages, Unified Namespace, security, and migration patterns from MQTT 3.1.1.
Unified Namespace (UNS) for Industrial Data: 2026 State-of-the-Art Guide
Unified Namespace (UNS) for industrial data in 2026 — Sparkplug B 3.0, ISA-95 alignment, HiveMQ vs EMQX vs NanoMQ benchmarks, and a fully refreshed UNS reference architecture.
Sparkplug B 3.0 Edge of Network Architecture: Production Reference
Sparkplug B 3.0 edge of network architecture for production IIoT — topic namespaces, primary/secondary hosts, store-and-forward, MQTT 5 mapping, and 2026 deployment patterns.
UNS vs Data Mesh vs Data Fabric for Industrial Data (2026)
Unified Namespace vs Data Mesh vs Data Fabric for industrial data in 2026 — semantics, governance, ownership, edge vs cloud, and a decision matrix for OT/IT convergence.