Optimising IIoT Control Systems at Demcon: Integrating MQTT, Sparkplug B, and ISA-88 for Unified Automation

Ana Pintilie, Remco Poelarends, Andrea Capiluppi

2025

Abstract

This paper addresses the challenges in optimizing PLC-based industrial control systems at Demcon to meet IIoT standards. Through a collaboration with the University of Groningen (NL), we redesigned the architecture using MQTT and Sparkplug B to enable scalable, real-time communication and introduced a Unified Namespace (UNS) for seamless data exchange. The results demonstrate improved flexibility, scalability, and latency reduction, validating the approach in an industrial environment and highlighting its broader potential for IIoT adoption.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pintilie A., Poelarends R. and Capiluppi A. (2025). Optimising IIoT Control Systems at Demcon: Integrating MQTT, Sparkplug B, and ISA-88 for Unified Automation. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE; ISBN 978-989-758-742-9, SciTePress, pages 351-358. DOI: 10.5220/0013142000003928

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase25,
author={Ana Pintilie and Remco Poelarends and Andrea Capiluppi},
title={Optimising IIoT Control Systems at Demcon: Integrating MQTT, Sparkplug B, and ISA-88 for Unified Automation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE},
year={2025},
pages={351-358},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013142000003928},
isbn={978-989-758-742-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE
TI - Optimising IIoT Control Systems at Demcon: Integrating MQTT, Sparkplug B, and ISA-88 for Unified Automation
SN - 978-989-758-742-9
AU - Pintilie A.
AU - Poelarends R.
AU - Capiluppi A.
PY - 2025
SP - 351
EP - 358
DO - 10.5220/0013142000003928
PB - SciTePress