Smart Manufacturing: Memory and Storage Considerations for IoT Gateways and Edge Servers

1The Rise of Smart Manufacturing The digital transformation of industries not only establishes the development direction of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) but also brings new opportunities to the manufacturing sector—smart manufacturing. The goal of smart manufacturing is to convert all data and information from interconnected machines into meaningful insights, … Read more

Simplifying Device Cloud Connectivity in the IoT Era

Image source: Hongke Electronics “ The arrival of the IoT era has placed new demands on machines and equipment working on-site, requiring remote monitoring to reduce on-site maintenance, while ensuring the security of remote connections, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the demand for remote services. ” With the development of various industrial … Read more

Using Self-Signed Certificates with QT5 for Accessing Cloud HTTPS REST API Services

Recently, I worked on an IoT gateway project where the gateway device needed to call the cloud’s REST API. The cloud implemented certain business logic and encapsulated resources into various URI interfaces for external systems to call. As a programmer, you should be quite familiar with REST APIs. Many of the basic services around us … Read more

Developing IoT Gateways: Design Process Based on MQTT Message Bus (Part 1)

Dao Ge’s 21st Original Article 1. Introduction 2. The Role of the Gateway 3. Communication Between Internal Processes of the Gateway 4. Communication Between the Gateway and the Cloud Platform 5. Conclusion 1. Introduction In the previous article, we discussed how to use MQTT message bus for communication between processes in an embedded system. Article … Read more

Choosing the Right IoT Gateway for Your Needs

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), IoT gateways will become an important link connecting the perception layer network and the communication layer network. As a gateway device, the IoT gateway must not only bear the responsibility of protocol conversion between different types of perception networks, but also become increasingly intelligent, possessing certain … Read more

The Link of Everything: Industrial IoT Gateway FcloudComm

1. Product Overview FcloudComm Industrial IoT Gateway is a dedicated IoT gateway developed to meet the actual needs of interconnectivity in the current IoT field. It is an embedded device that integrates data collection, protocol conversion, and intelligent IoT applications. FcloudComm is embedded with an industrial data collection and processing system, featuring various communication protocol … Read more

Cross-Platform Industrial IoT Gateway Based on .NET 6

The true master always has the heart of an apprentice! 1. Project Introduction Cross-Platform Industrial IoT Gateway Based on .NET 6 2. Functional Implementation Supports access to web configuration projects Supports 3D digital twins Supports built-in Mqtt service Supports telemetry and attribute uploads Supports RPC reverse control Supports Huawei Cloud Supports calculation expressions Supports driver … Read more

Introduction to IoT Gateways: RTU and DTU

The digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises has made the construction of industrial IoT platforms, wireless communication, and remote control indispensable. The essence of wireless communication lies in the collection, transmission, and feedback of information. Achieving these functions fundamentally relies on the mutual cooperation of relevant software and hardware control units, which are interdependent and form … Read more

Why Gateways are the Lifeblood of IoT Systems

Source: Dongsheng IoT IoT Think Tank Organized and Released Introduction Dongsheng IoT will attend the “China AIoT Industry Annual Conference and 2023 Intelligent Industry Insight Ceremony” opening on December 7th and will give a keynote speech, discussing how to help developers and IoT solution providers complete product design and delivery using efficient development tools in … Read more

Integrating IoT Devices with ThingsBoard Gateway Using Python

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been gaining traction for quite some time now, and everyone wants to connect their devices and push data to the cloud. The challenge lies in the variety of devices and protocols available. How can we integrate all these devices in a complex IoT environment? Don’t worry, today we will … Read more