IoT Protocols and Interoperability
Practical comparisons and integration patterns for MQTT, Modbus, Matter, Zigbee, BLE, cellular, serial, and industrial connectivity.
IoT Protocols and Interoperability articles
Asset Model vs Telemetry Schema: How to Separate the Contracts
An industrial asset model and a telemetry schema should not share one lifecycle. The asset model answers what an entity is, where it belongs.
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Industrial Tag Modeling and Governance: Beyond the Point List
The first point list in an industrial project is usually practical: device, register address, data type, scale, unit, and a short description.
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Industrial Telemetry Pipeline Architecture: From Field Signals to Replayable Time-Series Data
The first version of an industrial data platform often looks like one straight line: a PLC or sensor sends values to a gateway, the gateway publishes over MQTT.
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Why LwM2M Is Becoming a Deployment Gate in 2026
A team managing a few hundred identical devices can assemble a workable control plane from private MQTT topics, remote commands, and an OTA API.
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ESPHome vs OpenMQTTGateway for Home Assistant Bridge Devices
ESPHome and OpenMQTTGateway are not competing on a single feature checklist. Choose ESPHome when a bridge node must turn a known set of sensors, relays.
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OpenThread and ESP32-C6 in Practice: When Thread Mesh Beats More Wi-Fi
Learn how OpenThread, Thread Mesh, Matter, ESP32-C6/H2, and Thread Border Routers fit together, and when Thread is the right choice for low-power multi-node IoT.
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MQTT Sparkplug B vs Custom Topics in Industrial IoT
If an industrial IoT system only needs to move a small set of readings into a cloud service, custom MQTT topics are often faster, lighter.
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Common Pitfalls in Tuya Matter Configuration and Certification
The most common Tuya Matter project failures are not caused by an SDK that cannot compile or a prototype that cannot be commissioned once.
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When Does Tuya + Matter Development Actually Make Sense?
Tuya + Matter is not the automatic answer for every Tuya device. It fits a narrower class of products: the device belongs to a Matter-supported or Matter-maturing.
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Edge Gateway vs IoT Platform vs Serial Converter
In device connectivity projects, serial converters, edge gateways, and IoT platforms often appear in the same bill of materials.
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AIHub-Z3 vs AIHub-Z5 Edge Computing Box Selection
Many edge AI projects start with a hardware question: is RK3566 enough, or should the project move directly to RK3588?
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LTE-M, NB-IoT, or Cat-1 bis: How to Choose for Global Rollouts
Many global IoT projects reduce cellular module selection to a simple price question: should the device use LTE-M, NB-IoT, or Cat-1 bis?
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