Category Archives: RTA’s Blog
PLCs v PACs v IPCs
In the world of industrial automation, the terms PLC, PAC and IPC get thrown around [...]
Aug
Why Partner with an Expert in Data Movement?
Revenue drives business. In the industrial manufacturing space, revenue growth comes down to reducing waste [...]
Jun
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
The Control Engineer’s Guide to Amazon AWS – Part 1
It’s not news that Amazon AWS is a growing presence on factory floors across the [...]
Sep
Questions You Must Ask Before Investing in Factory Connectivity (Part 2 of 2)
I had a pretty wild night during my first semester of college. It was homecoming [...]
Aug