Apache Kafka and MQTT (Part 3 of 5) — Manufacturing 4.0 and Industrial IoT

Apache Kafka and MQTT are a perfect combination for many Industrial IoT use cases. This blog series covers the pros and cons of both technologies. Various use cases across industries, including connected vehicles, manufacturing, mobility services, and smart city are explored. The examples use different architectures, including lightweight edge scenarios, hybrid integrations, and serverless cloud solutions. This post is part three: Manufacturing, Industrial IoT, and Industry 4.0.

(Originally posted on Kai Waehner’s blog: “Kafka and MQTT for Industry 4.0 and Smart Factories”… Stay informed about new blog posts by subscribing to my newsletter)

Apache Kafka + MQTT Blog Series

The first blog post explores the relation between MQTT and Apache Kafka. Afterward, the other four blog posts discuss various use cases, architectures, and reference deployments.

• Part 1 — Overview: Relation between Kafka and MQTT, pros and cons, architectures
• Part 2 — Connected Vehicles: MQTT and Kafka in a private cloud on Kubernetes; use case: remote control and command of a car
• Part 3 — Manufacturing (THIS POST): MQTT and Kafka at the edge in a smart factory; use case: Bidirectional OT-IT integration with Sparkplug…