A new LabVIEW and embedded system based IoT solution for industrial applications

The Internet of things (IoT) technology, one of today's popular topics, has become increasingly spreading worldwide. The IoT technology is a communication network that enables all smart devices and machines to communicate with each other or with larger systems using wireless communication methods. This technology is used in almost all sectors, and it is very beneficial both in terms of efficiency and cost. In this study, a generalized IoT system design for use in industrial automation applications that can be customized to find a different and innovative solution to the Internet of things technology has been carried out. 1-N server-client IoT system has been created with easy plugin architecture independent of the application and both hardware and software. In this system, interface software is created in the easy plugin architecture using LabVIEW program for the server. The Raspberry Pi 2 and MSP430F5529 LP embedded system hardware were used as clients. A number of analog and digital sensors can be connected to this hardware and the data can be transferred to the server over the internet. In order to easily add hardware to the server, a new application protocol has been created with the use of TCP/IP protocol in the system's substructure. With this new application protocol, different type hardware has been easily connected to the server with using different software languages, without changing the software of the server. Each client's data has been aggregated asynchronously and saved to the local MySQL database by the server. As a result of this study, a new industrial IoT approach has been developed which is independent of hardware and software without changing user interface software. This innovative approach is at the forefront with speed, flexibility and cost advantages.