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The Hidden Protocol Wars Behind Industrial IoT
In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the often-overlooked battle over communication protocols in industrial IoT. While most coverage focuses on hardware and cloud platforms, the real friction is between legacy fieldbus standards like Modbus and PROFIBUS versus modern IP-based protocols such as MQTT and OPC UA. They use the concrete example of a mid-sized German automation firm retrofitting a 1990s factory floor to connect sensors without replacing $2 million in existing PLCs. The episode explains why protocol translation gateways can add 15–30…
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