The Internet of Things (IoT) provides an end-to-end communication channel for data to be securely gathered, exchanged, and analyzed among front-end devices and back-end severs. Yet, lacking unified protocols and interfaces has impeded IoT development until IoT gateways are available and cloud computing and Big Data analysis emerge.
IoT gateways are crucial because they bridge the last mile connectivity shortfall in IoT applications, closely connecting sensors, gateways, networks, and servers across multiple protocols, according to Alex Perng, NEXCOM Chief Technology Officer.
The PC-based architecture equips IoT gateways with not only standardized interfaces for expanding protocol supports but also computing power for performing software-based protocol conversion, helping harvest data across industrial appliances.
NEXCOM's x86- and ARM-based IoT gateways based on the PC-based architecture can access and transform field data into readable formats for cloud analysis, ultimately paving way for better human-machine or machine-to-machine collaboration.
With dedicated device authentication hardware like Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and encryption algorithms, IoT gateways provides enhanced management efficiency and system security for remotely monitoring asset status.
Take equipment for instance. It was difficult to access and interpret equipment status so maintenance managers only distinguished equipment as healthy and not healthy based on some criteria. The production could have gone awry when equipment started deteriorating.
With IoT gateways, equipment status can be collected and converted into charts. Maintenance managers therefore can notice subtle change in the motor, predict possible deterioration in machinery condition, and conduct a preventive inspection to avoid costly future repairs. True values of IoT gateways are clear.
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IoT gateways bridge the last mile connectivity gap, connecting front-end devices and back-end severs across multiple protocols.
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