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Published inNov 2018
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Giacomo Veneri
Giacomo Veneri
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Giacomo Veneri

Giacomo Veneri graduated in computer science from the University of Siena. He holds a PhD in neuroscience context with various scientific publications. He is Predix Cloud certified and an influencer, as well as SCRUM and Oracle Java certified. He has 18 years' experience as an IT architect and team leader. He has been an expert on IoT in the fields of oil and gas and transportation since 2013. He lives in Tuscany, where he loves cycling.
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Antonio Capasso
Antonio Capasso
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Antonio Capasso

Antonio Capasso graduated in computer automation in 1999 and computer science in 2003 from the University of Naples. He has been working for twenty years on large and complex IT projects related to the industrial world in a variety of fields (automotive, pharma, food and beverage, and oil and gas), in a variety of roles (programmer, analyst, architect, and team leader) with different technologies and software. Since 2011, he has been involved in building and securing industrial IoT infrastructure. He currently lives in Tuscany, where he loves trekking and swimming.
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The OPC UA Simulation Server

In this chapter, we will simulate a very simple industrial data flow to implement data acquisition through a simple edge device. To simulate the industrial data flow, we will use an OPC UA Simulation Server to generate the signals. OPC UA is managed by the OPC Foundation (https://opcfoundation.org/) and is the most common industrial operability standard. Several vendors have implemented their own solutions according to the OPC UA standard. We can find other open source drivers for the most common languages, such as Node.js, Python, and Java.

OPC UA Node.js

The OPC UA implementation for Node.js (http://node-opcua.github.io/) is one of the most popular libraries. It supports both the client and the...

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Giacomo Veneri

Giacomo Veneri graduated in computer science from the University of Siena. He holds a PhD in neuroscience context with various scientific publications. He is Predix Cloud certified and an influencer, as well as SCRUM and Oracle Java certified. He has 18 years' experience as an IT architect and team leader. He has been an expert on IoT in the fields of oil and gas and transportation since 2013. He lives in Tuscany, where he loves cycling.
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Antonio Capasso

Antonio Capasso graduated in computer automation in 1999 and computer science in 2003 from the University of Naples. He has been working for twenty years on large and complex IT projects related to the industrial world in a variety of fields (automotive, pharma, food and beverage, and oil and gas), in a variety of roles (programmer, analyst, architect, and team leader) with different technologies and software. Since 2011, he has been involved in building and securing industrial IoT infrastructure. He currently lives in Tuscany, where he loves trekking and swimming.
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