Articles & News on IIoT

How IoT-Enabled Condition Monitoring Technology Keeps Produce Safe

  • by Guy Yehiav
  • January 3, 2024
  • Feature

Condition monitoring technology represents the future of food safety. It’s a critical tool today that will continue driving pathways for improvement tomorrow.

AI to Lead the Way in Combating Manufacturing Challenges

  • by Aaron Merkin & Ankush Malhotra
  • December 26, 2023
  • Feature

In 2024, we’ll see more condition monitoring complimented by AI assistive systems deployed across the plant, and this should help SME’s with lower entry levels to this technology.

Soft Solutions for Hard Problems: What’s Coming in 2024

  • by Nick Leonard
  • December 22, 2023
  • Feature

The lessons we learned in 2023 will carry the automation market forward into 2024, with an emphasis on digitalization continuing and driving the need for data interoperability, specialized labor in IT and the expanded adoption of automation across other verticals.

Patti Engineering's Partnership with Arduino Enables Cost-Effective Digitalization

  • December 21, 2023
  • News

This collaboration is set to drive innovation, reduce costs and accelerate project timelines for commercial solutions in various sectors, including manufacturing and logistics.

Understanding Standards-based Safety System Design

  • by Linda Caron
  • December 14, 2023
  • Feature

Regardless of the products selected for a safety circuit, the machine designer is responsible for ensuring compliance with the standards. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

Sensor Technology for Machine Health Monitoring

  • by Matthew Negaard
  • December 13, 2023
  • Feature

A comparison of piezoelectric and MEMS technology for early detection of bearing faults. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

How Primary Lithium Batteries Can Achieve Ultra Long Life

  • by Sol Jacobs
  • December 12, 2023
  • Feature

To avoid costly replacement, the ideal battery will last as long as the device. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

MQTT and Sparkplug 3.0: The Future of Industrial OT-IT Integration

  • by Arlen Nipper
  • December 11, 2023
  • Feature

Technologists should understand why MQTT, why Sparkplug and how they work together to enable OT-IT integration. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

How the Wiegand Effect Helps Create Energy-Harvesting IIoT Devices

  • by Tobias Best
  • December 8, 2023
  • Feature

Research promises a new generation of self-contained, zero-maintenance, wireless sensors designed to operate as nodes on emerging IIoT networks. This feature originally appeared in AUTOMATION 2023: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

The Evolution of Edge Computing: Transforming Industries with Real-Time Insights

  • by Rudy de Anda
  • December 5, 2023
  • Feature

Edge computing is empowering AI embedded applications and IoT to accelerate time to value for digital transformation initiatives. By 2023, according to IDC, more than half of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be at the edge.

Universal Robots Expands Partnership with MathWorks by Joining Connections Program

  • April 9, 2024
  • News

Universal Robots has strengthened its partnership with MathWorks by joining the Mathworks Connections Program.

The Integration of the IIoT and AI in Smart Factories

  • by Roshen Gajanan Borkar
  • April 8, 2024
  • Feature

The Smart Factory, characterized by several exciting technologies, is at the center of the revolution brought by the integration of the IIoT and AI.

Universal Automation: Enabling Systems Integrators with a Paradigm Shift in Industrial Automation

  • by Fabrice Jadot
  • April 3, 2024
  • Feature

For system integrators, the adoption of universal automation brings unprecedented engineering efficiency, process scalability and automation agility to OT systems.

HANNOVER MESSE: Premiere for the Embedded Park

  • March 28, 2024
  • News

The latest technologies and developments on the subject Embedded will be presented, ranging from edge computing, embedded vision, software solutions, components and modules to electronic displays.

Nozomi Networks Extends Partnership with Yokogawa to Deliver OT and IoT Security Services Worldwide

  • March 28, 2024
  • News

Nozomi Networks OT and IoT visibility and threat detection capabilities now part of Yokogawa’s Cybersecurity Managed Services offered to customers in 60 countries worldwide.

What Do IIoT Solutions Look Like?

  • by Roy Kok
  • March 27, 2024
  • Feature

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) presents a wealth of opportunities for manufacturing companies to improve their operations and competitiveness.

IIoT Gateway and Digitalization Trends

  • by Oliver Wang
  • March 26, 2024
  • Feature

Users want direct control of data and digitalization platforms, and greater compute power at the edge. This feature originally appeared in the March edition of AUTOMATION 2024: IIoT and Digital Transformation.

The DDS Foundation Announces 20th Anniversary of the DDS Specification

  • March 25, 2024
  • News

The DDS Foundation announced the 20th anniversary of the Data Distribution Service (DDS) Specification.

The Eclipse Foundation Unveils 2023 IoT and Edge Commercial Adoption Survey Insights

  • March 25, 2024
  • News

The 5th annual survey report reveals key trends, challenges and strategies, including an increased enterprise reliance on open-source technologies to accelerate IoT and edge computing adoption.

IIoT and Digital Transformation in 2024: A Q1 Automation.com Roundup

  • by Melissa Landon
  • March 20, 2024
  • Feature

Check out the list of IIoT and digital transformation-themed features, news pieces and product postings that were posted on Automation.com in Q1 of 2024.

Leveraging the Potential of MQTT in Industry 4.0

  • by Florian Pethig
  • October 18, 2023
  • Feature

In this article, Sparkplug and OPC UA are compared as MQTT-based solutions according to the requirements of the Industry 4.0 scenarios Plug & Work and Condition Monitoring.

ITTIA DB Software Expansion for STM32Cube Gets 'MadeForSTM32' Label

  • October 16, 2023
  • News

The ITTIA DB for the STM32 product family provides real-time data management and analysis software for STMicroelectronics (ST) devices.

Telit Cinterion Collaborates with WaterSignal to Provide a Stable Connection for Water Monitoring

  • October 12, 2023
  • News

WaterSignal, an innovator in the water conservation space, leverages Telit Cinterion’s technology to ensure always-on connectivity for its water monitoring system.

Phytools Debuts RevPi Connect 4, Publishes White Paper on Open-Source Industrial PCs

  • October 11, 2023
  • News

Phytools, a leading IIoT value-added reseller, announces the publication of its first Revolution Pi White Paper, presenting the seven-year history and technical details of this revolutionary open-source industrial PC (IPC) in an easily-digestible medium.

Validating IoT Data to Improve Quality and Consistency

  • by Yury Oleynik
  • October 5, 2023
  • Feature

By ensuring the integrity of IoT data, companies can confidently pursue strategic initiatives such as data modeling, generative AI, machine learning and other advanced use cases.

VTT, Nokia and Sandvik Work Toward Safe Autonomous Underground Mining Supported by 5G and Edge Intelligence

  • October 4, 2023
  • News

VTT, Nokia and Sandvik, along with other Finnish companies, have taken steps towards deploying state-of-the-art 5G private wireless networks and edge intelligence to support autonomous mining.

IOTech Partners with Advantech to Speed Adoption of Advanced Technologies in Manufacturing

  • September 21, 2023
  • News

The partnership will deliver advanced edge data processing appliances for Industry 4.0 environments.

Giving Second Life to Legacy Systems Through the Industrial Internet of Things

  • by Julia Seredovich
  • September 11, 2023
  • Feature

Find out how legacy production can gain visibility, predictability and flexibility to satisfy smart factory goals.

Industry IoT Consortium Publishes Latest Journal of Innovation

  • September 8, 2023
  • News

The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) published the newest edition of the Journal of Innovation (JoI), The Role of IoT in Shaping the Future of Supply Chains.

IOTech Expands North American Presence with Investment from Dell Technologies Capital

  • September 4, 2023
  • News

Former FogHorn CEO David C. King joins board of directors, providing significant guidance for the American industrial IoT market.