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<p>With the advent of the 4th Industrial revolution and the need to improve productivity levels, there is an increasing need for data analytics. Techniques should be pursued to extend the range of sensors both to Local systems and to remote systems. In this paper, the proof of concept is implemented on an STM34F4 development board to realise the performance of two wireless technologies to extend the range of sensor connectivity to a local process control system. The technologies investigated are physical layer LoRa nodes, nrf2401l (a 2.4 GHz radio module), 4 to 20 mA Converters together with protocol wrappers and interfaces to enhance the data value chain in a legacy process control system.</p>
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With the advent of the 4th Industrial revolution and the need to improve productivity levels, there is an increasing need for data analytics. Techniques should be pursued to extend the range of sensors both to Local systems and to remote systems. In this paper, the proof of concept is implemented on an STM34F4 development board to realise the performance of two wireless technologies to extend the range of sensor connectivity to a local process control system. The technologies investigated are physical layer LoRa nodes, nrf2401l (a 2.4 GHz radio module), 4 to 20 mA Converters together with protocol wrappers and interfaces to enhance the data value chain in a legacy process control system.

Design of IIoT device to parse data directly to scada systems using LoRa physical layer

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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With the advent of the 4th Industrial revolution and the need to improve productivity levels, there is an increasing need for data analytics. Techniques should...

Design of IIoT device to parse data directly to scada systems using LoRa physical layer

Article Category: Article

Published Online: Jan 13, 2022

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Jul 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-023

Keywords
LoRa nodes, NRF2401L at 2.4GHz radio module, Protocol wrappers, 4 to 20 mA convertors

© 2022 Robin Maharaj et al., published by Sciendo

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Design of IIoT device to parse data directly to scada systems using LoRa physical layer

Article Category: Article

Published Online: Jan 13, 2022

Page range: 1 - 13

Received: Jul 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2021-023

KeywordsLoRa nodes, NRF2401L at 2.4GHz radio module, Protocol wrappers, 4 to 20 mA convertors

© 2022 Robin Maharaj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Keywords
LoRa nodes, NRF2401L at 2.4GHz radio module, Protocol wrappers, 4 to 20 mA convertors