The Industrial IoT Blog
IIoT Insights by Henry Costa
Tag: Real-World Lessons
Insights drawn from hands-on industrial projects and deployments. They highlight practical challenges, trade-offs, and outcomes that theory and vendor material often overlook.
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What Is IIoT? The Basics You Should Know
Read more: What Is IIoT? The Basics You Should KnowIf you work in manufacturing, you’ve probably heard people throw around “IIoT” (Industrial Internet of Things) like it’s the answer to every plant problem. Sometimes it sounds like magic. It’s not. But it is changing how we run factories, and…
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What Vendor Documentation Won’t Tell You About IIoT Integration Complexity
Read more: What Vendor Documentation Won’t Tell You About IIoT Integration ComplexityIf you’ve ever flipped through vendor documentation or attended a software demo, you’d think IIoT is plug-and-play: connect a few devices, map some tags, and watch the dashboards light up. But after two decades living in the trenches — from…
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Is Sparkplug B Essential for IIoT Data Streaming?
Read more: Is Sparkplug B Essential for IIoT Data Streaming?Let me start with the short answer: No, Sparkplug B is not a “must” in every IIoT data streaming project. But it’s also not a technology you can ignore if you care about scalable, plug-and-play data flow in modern industrial…
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MQTT or OPC UA? My Real-World Take
Read more: MQTT or OPC UA? My Real-World TakeSo, I’ve lost count of how many times someone’s asked me, “Henry, should I use MQTT or OPC UA for my manufacturing project?” The truth is, I’ve been on both sides of that decision — sometimes sweating over a flaky…