Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

For those who are unfamiliar, the implementation of IIoT is one of the key trends in all process and discrete industries. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a network of devices such as machines, sensors, controllers, big data analytics, and cloud computing components. Such integration would link analytics with the operations of industrial automation, which would ultimately improve the performance of the industry. 

Currently, enterprise control systems such as PLC and SCADA are enabled with IIoT. These control systems need to communicate real-time data and store the data on the cloud after analyzing it. IIoT is a medium through which these control systems can perform the above functions. The inputs for these control systems are given by industrial smart sensors that sense information such as pressure, temperature, and health of workers. As industrial smart sensors are incorporated with microprocessors, they can process real-time data and send the data to control systems, which helps in avoiding accidents.