Articles
In-depth, practical articles on industrial digitalization — architectures, technologies, decisions and pitfalls.
Smart mining connects equipment, people and the mine environment to one data infrastructure. This article explains the building blocks, the challenges of open-pit and underground sites, and a staged roadmap.
Read article: What Is Smart Mining? Building Blocks, Challenges and a RoadmapThe layered architecture of a smart factory, from sensors and PLCs through edge and platform to MES and ERP, plus brownfield integration, IT/OT segmentation, data modeling and a practical roadmap.
Digitalizing legacy equipment does not always mean buying new machines. This article compares industrial retrofit and replacement, explains common retrofit techniques and outlines a staged approach.
ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform widely used for industrial monitoring. This article explains its data model, rule engine, alarms, dashboards, deployment options and security considerations.
Mechanical water, gas, electricity and heat meters can often join a smart metering system without full replacement: pulse outputs, optical interfaces, camera-based OCR reading and LPWAN connectivity.
Industrial networks differ from office IT. This article covers segmentation, configuration management, scripting on MikroTik and Cisco, monitoring and change control for safe network automation.
A technical guide to MQTT for industrial IoT projects: publish/subscribe, topic design, QoS levels, retained messages, MQTT 5 features, TLS security and how MQTT compares with OPC UA and HTTP.
The layers of smart city infrastructure explained: urban sensing, network-neutral connectivity, the urban data platform, open standards, privacy by design, governance, operations and a pilot-to-scale roadmap.
A layered reference model for industrial IoT systems, from sensors to ERP integration, plus the non-functional requirements and deployment choices that decide whether a system still works years later.
Why digital transformation in mining, manufacturing and utilities often stalls, and how a staged approach from assessment and pilot to scaling and operations reduces that risk.
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