Author Archives: John S Rinaldi
How Does DH+ Compare to Ethernet?
When it comes to industrial communications protocols, one of the inevitable questions is: How does [...]
Mar
10 Keys to Understanding MTConnect
MTConnect is an open, royalty-free standard that provides a very detailed semantic vocabulary for devices [...]
Mar
Taking a Drive Down the Data Highway
Do you remember the term data highway? That’s what they called the internet way back [...]
Feb
Wondering Aloud About Device Discovery
In the IT world, both network pings and System Network Maintenance Protocols (SNMP) provide a [...]
Nov
How to Pick an Edge Device Platform
An awful lot of time and effort is put into discussing factor floor protocols like [...]
Apr
The Future of MQTT?
I have an interesting history with MQTT. In the very early days, I disliked it [...]
Mar
The Control Engineer’s Guide to Amazon AWS – Part 2
The AWS IoT Architecture In part 1, I described AWS history and the creation of [...]
Nov
In the OPC UA vs. MQTT Battle, Manufacturers Lose
Those of us with more gray in our hair and a more leisurely gait have [...]
Nov
Meet MQTT, The Industrial Protocol That Takes Your Data To The Cloud
MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a mechanism for moving data around the factory floor [...]
Oct
A Very Unusual Birthday
I write this on July 4, three weeks after my birthday. As birthdays go, this [...]
Sep