Tag - Data Modeling
Sparkplug B fits industrial MQTT systems that need device discovery, lifecycle state, and consistent metric semantics. Custom MQTT topics fit lightweight telemetry, business events, and existing cloud contracts. The right choice depends on whether the platform is ready to accept Sparkplug namespace, payload, and lifecycle constraints.
Industrial IoT platforms that treat Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, and HTTP as isolated drivers usually lose control of semantic mapping, error handling, command confirmation, and data quality. This article outlines a safer protocol adapter layer design.
Blog, IoT Protocols and Interoperability , March 31, 2026 , Command Pipeline, Data Modeling, Edge Gateway, HTTP API, Industrial IoT, Modbus, MQTT, OPC UA, Platform Architecture, Protocol Adapter Layer