Hands-On Industrial Internet of Things

CIM pyramid architecture – devices and networks

The following simplified schema represents a typical automation architecture with reference to the CIM pyramid. Each level, shown in the center, has been linked on the left-hand side to the related communication networks, and on the right-hand side, to the devices or applications involved:

CIM devices and networks

The control devices and the industrial networks will be analyzed and discussed more thoroughly in Chapter 3, Industrial Data Flow and Devices. In this section, we will provide a description of each of these industrial systems. This will introduce the next section, which will present ...