Deep Dives

Every factory faces the same question: how do you get sensor data from the shop floor to the systems that need it? The answer is never one protocol. It’s two — MQTT for vertical data flow to IT systems, and OPC UA for horizontal integration with SCADA and HMI on the plant floor.

As a gas turbine controls engineer, part of my job involves working with ancillary systems such as the fire and gas system. In gas turbine packages, fire and gas systems are used to detect fires and flammable gases which are hazards to the operating environment.