Vendor-neutral industrial architecture

Build a clear mental model of the industrial stack.

An interactive concept board for understanding how PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, edge gateways, OPC UA, MQTT, MES, ERP, APIs, DMZs and industrial security controls work together.

From sensors and PLCs to MES, ERP, cloud and analytics.

Controls layer

PLC, remote I/O, VFDs, instruments, safety and machine networks.

Edge and integration

Gateways, protocol conversion, OPC UA, MQTT Sparkplug B, REST and databases.

MES and enterprise

Production records, traceability, ERP, PLM, APIs, master data and workflows.

Security boundaries

Zones, conduits, industrial DMZs, VLANs, identity and TLS.

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