2025-12-18
An Industrial IoT Gateway is a hardware device deployed on the industrial site, close to the data source. It is responsible for connecting various industrial equipment, sensors, controllers (such as PLCs), and more to the cloud or local servers. It possesses core capabilities such as data acquisition, protocol conversion, edge computing, and secure transmission, making it a crucial hub that bridges the gap between devices and higher-level systems in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) .