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Industrial IoT is a subcategory of IoT which plays a major role in Industry 4.0, an industrial revolution which focuses on smart technology, automation, AI, data, and interconnectivity.

PROFINET facilitates the real-time data exchange between controllers (called IO-Controllers) and field connected devices (called IO-Devices). IO-Controllers include PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers), DCSs (Distributed Control Systems), and IPCs (industrial PC) whereas IO-Devices can be varied: I/O blocks, drives, sensors, or actuators.

Significant OPC UA functions include detecting servers, accessing server data, notification of events and execution of methods. This technology is comprehensive and configurable, offering a framework for defining data structures without prescribing any specific set of data structures.

Machines and digital technologies have become an integral part of our lives. Every day we interact with smartphones, laptops, and home appliances. This is enabled by user interfaces, the so-called HMIs.