Open Source Based Industrial IoT Platforms for Smart Factory: Concept, Comparison and Challenges

Abstract

As Internet of Things (IoT) and Services are applied to manufacturing industries, Industry 4.0 is evolving. For Industry 4.0 to be realized in the factory, it is essential to implement horizontal integration of cross enterprise value networks, vertical integration within the factory. As interest in IoT has increased, number of platforms that are designed to support it has increased greatly. Because of the different approaches, standards, use cases, and the types of Industrial IoT platforms are very complex and diverse. Therefore, it is difficult to understand, choose and apply the appropriate platform. In this study, we examine the function, effectiveness and cautions for open source based platforms that can be applied to IoT based smart manufacturing. In addition, the architecture of five open source IIoT platforms are analyzed by our reference architecture and clean up all in Table. Finally, we present the use cases of Industrial IoT environment and analyze its effects.