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Why OPC UA Is Not Replacing Modbus (Yet)
Sumit Shinde
OPC UA has every technical advantage. Modbus is still winning. Here's why the replacement hasn't happened and what would actually...read more...Sign up for our monthly email updates:
Rethinking Edge AI's Core Orchestration
How AI-driven edge connectivity is redefining industrial operations, bridging IT and OT, and turning AI pilots into scalable, real-world impact.ZJ van de Weg
How to Parse Binary Data from Serial Devices
Learn how to decode binary data from any legacy serial device in Node-RED. This guide walks through frame validation, byte...Sumit Shinde
5 Places Smart Factories Are Already Using AI
Most manufacturers are still debating AI adoption. These five use cases are already running in production, cutting downtime, scrap, energy...Sumit Shinde
FlowFuse Enterprise: More Power, More Confidence
FlowFuse Enterprise now includes Certified Nodes and AI Insights — giving manufacturing teams the security, accountability, and speed they need...ZJ van de Weg
How to Monitor Industrial Network Health Using SNMP
Learn how to monitor industrial network health using SNMP and FlowFuse. Poll OIDs, visualize device telemetry, and detect failures before...Sumit Shinde
Edge vs Cloud AI in Manufacturing: Where Each Actually Belongs
Industrial AI works best when edge and cloud are treated as complementary layers. This article explores how manufacturers use hierarchical...Sumit Shinde
How to Connect to Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC Using ADS (2026)
Learn how to connect Beckhoff TwinCAT to FlowFuse using ADS. This guide covers AMS routing, TwinCAT software PLC setup, and...Sumit Shinde
FlowFuse 2.28: Troubleshoot Faster, Manage Edge Devices Centrally, and More Self-Hosted Flexibility
FlowFuse 2.28 lets you troubleshoot flows faster with debug log context in FlowFuse Expert, manage Remote Instances centrally with Node.js...Dimitrie Hoekstra
The Last Mile Problem in Industrial AI
Your AI pilot passed every test and stalled before production. Here is why that keeps happening, and what it actually...Sumit Shinde
How to Stop Silent Pipeline Failures From Swallowing Your IIoT Data
Most IIoT pipelines fail quietly. No record, no alert, no way to know what was lost. This guide shows you...Sumit Shinde
The Bus Factor Problem in Integration Systems
Learn how integration systems quietly become one-person knowledge traps — and what it actually takes to fix it.Sumit Shinde
Edge AI Is 80% Plumbing, 20% Intelligence
Learn how manufacturers are turning Edge AI pilots into production reality — and why the plumbing matters more than the...Sumit Shinde
How to Build an MQTT-to-InfluxDB Data Pipeline (2026)
Learn how to build a reliable MQTT-to-InfluxDB data pipeline using FlowFuse and Node-RED. No custom scripts, no glue code, just...Sumit Shinde
Modbus TCP vs Modbus RTU: Reliability, Latency, and Failure Modes
A practical engineering guide to choosing between Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP, covering real latency numbers, failure modes that hide...Sumit Shinde
Building an AI Vibration Anomaly Detector for Industrial Motors
Learn how to monitor industrial motors continuously, train a custom autoencoder on healthy vibration data, and deploy real-time anomaly detection...Sumit Shinde
CAN Bus Tutorial: Connect to Dashboards, Cloud, and Industrial Systems
Learn how to set up SocketCAN on Linux, configure CAN interfaces, and build CAN bus applications using FlowFuse's visual programming...Sumit Shinde
FlowFuse 2.27: Integrated Editor in Remote Instances & Context-Aware FlowFuse Expert
FlowFuse 2.27 improves Remote workflows, simplifies rollback in developer mode, enhances FlowFuse Expert with live context, and introduces rolling restarts...Jamie Strusz
Event-Driven Architecture: 99% of Your System Requests Are Worthless
Learn how Event-Driven Architecture enables real-time responsiveness in manufacturing by allowing systems to react instantly to production events, replacing traditional...Sumit Shinde