Sensors, machines, protocols
Hardware integration
Connect sensors, machines and devices to software that people can actually use.
Problems this covers
- A machine already exists; it just does not talk to the rest of the company.
- Sensor data stays on the shop floor.
- Protocols are old, serial, or vendor-specific.
What can be built
- Sensor and machine interfaces
- Serial, UART, USB, SPI, I2C bridges
- Modbus, MQTT, BLE, and Wi-Fi device links
- Industrial hardware adapters
- Custom device interfaces
Systems involved
- Field buses and serial links
- Wireless links
- Gateways
- Protocol translation
Example applications
- A machine that only has a serial port, feeding a web dashboard
- Temperature and current sensors on a production line
- BLE or Wi-Fi devices reporting into a system of record
In this area
- Hardware integration