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G. R. Kanagachidambaresan, B. NSensors and Protocols for Industry 4.0Maker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9007-1_3

3. Communication Protocols

G. R. Kanagachidambaresan1   and Bharathi N.1
(1)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Machines on their own can perform only limited functions. Machines that are not connected and cannot communicate with other machines are simply considered inoperable nowadays. Machines always need to be connected to communicate their status, receiving controls and other machines’ status to achieve any task. The communication between machines is governed by a set of protocols depending on the communication techniques a machine ...

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