MCUs are ideal MQTT clients because the protocol is lightweight and designed for low-bandwidth, low-RAM environments.

Editor’s Note: The MQTT lightweight messaging protocol is a fundamental part of the technical foundation of most IoT applications and their underlying services. Taken from the book, MQTT Essentials – ...

What Is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)? The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to the integration of connected devices, sensors, and advanced analytics in industrial environments to ...

In this installment of Minimal MQTT, I’m going to cover two loose ends: one on the sensor node side, and one on the MQTT server side. Specifically, I’ll tackle the NodeMCU’s sleep mode to reduce power ...

We’re living in the world of connected devices. It has never been easier to roll your own and implement the functionality you actually want, rather than live with the lowest common denominator that ...

The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Informational Technology (IT) has become a strategic imperative for those organisations aiming to unlock efficiency, innovation and competitiveness.

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A key aspect of MQTT’s (message queueing telemetry transport) architecture involves the use of an intermediary server to collect data, as it changes, from the devices it is connected to. It then ...

Simple graphic illustrating MQTT's publish/subscribe method that allows for applications to be decoupled from devices. Beyond OPC UA’s solid stance as the most widely recognized and used protocol ...