- [Instructor] To better understand
an IoT ecosystem,
I will cover two examples.
First, we will take a look
at an IoT in industrial automation ecosystem,
a specific area.
And next,
how IoT systems work in community
in smart cities.
Industrial automation refers
to the environment of industrial systems,
manufacturing, chemical processes,
power generation facilities, oil and gas,
or any factory settings
related to industrial applications.
This includes but is not limited to,
computers, robots, machines,
sensors, actuators,
network and monitoring devices.
There are three main levels
within industrial automation systems,
field level, control level and management level.
The field level
includes all the devices used within the field.
The control level includes
the different types of controllers,
such as PLC
that is used to control the design process.
The management and information level
contains the logic,
and design element of the system,
and any monitoring applications of the process.
All these components communicate
using a local network
or internet to exchange data
between the components,
creating an IoT ecosystem.
The IoT ecosystem in industrial automation
can be within the same factory
or between different buildings
for remote monitoring.