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Industrial IoT for Architects and Engineers

You're reading from   Industrial IoT for Architects and Engineers Architecting secure, robust, and scalable industrial IoT solutions with AWS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803240893
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bharath Sridhar Bharath Sridhar
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Joey Bernal Joey Bernal
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Preface 1. Part 1:An Introduction to Industrial IoT and Moving Toward Industry 4.0
2. Chapter 1: Welcome to the IoT Revolution FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Anatomy of an IoT Architecture 4. Chapter 3: In-Situ Environmental Monitoring 5. Chapter 4: Real-World Environmental Monitoring 6. Part 2: IoT Integration for Industrial Protocols and Systems
7. Chapter 5: OT and Industrial Control Systems 8. Chapter 6: Enabling Industrial IoT 9. Chapter 7: PLC Data Acquisition and Analysis 10. Chapter 8: Asset and Condition Monitoring 11. Part 3:Building Scalable, Robust, and Secure Solutions
12. Chapter 9: Taking It Up a Notch – Scalable, Robust, and Secure Architectures 13. Chapter 10: Intelligent Systems at the Edge 14. Chapter 11: Remote Monitoring Challenges 15. Chapter 12: Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: General Cybersecurity Topics

Exploring PLCs

PLCs are the fundamental hardware components in an industrial control system. These purpose-built controllers kick-started what is collectively termed the Industry 3.0 revolution. They were single-handedly responsible for automating the shopfloor and multiplying production capabilities, thereby disrupting the global economy.

Starting with the history and evolution of PLCs, we will deconstruct a PLC to its components and look at software control in this dedicated section. We will also present an interesting comparison between PLCs and the latest DIY Single-Board Computers (SBCs) in vogue among the IoT maker community.

History and evolution of PLCs

The evolution of PLCs started in the mid-1950s, shown in Figure 5.3. The relays that the PLCs replaced were complex, bulky, and expensive to maintain and control. Dick Morley, regarded as the father of the PLC, created the first prototype called the standard machine controller in 1968. Parallel developments happened...

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