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Automation & Embedded Systems

Automation and embedded systems solutions for real plants and equipment — where production, availability, and technical constraints matter more than slogans.

Discuss an automation scenario

What's included

In practice, "Automation & Embedded Systems" usually involves a combination of:

Modernization of existing systems

  • Adding communication and telemetry to legacy equipment
  • Replacing obsolete interfaces while preserving the main process
  • Cleaning up improvised logic that grew over time

Protocol gateways and integration

  • Bridging industrial protocols already present in the plant
  • Exposing data to SCADA, historians, or IT systems
  • Decoupling field devices from the application layer

Industrial telemetry and data collection

  • Acquisition of pressures, temperatures, currents, states, and counters
  • Local storage in environments with unstable links
  • Providing a consistent data model for upper-level systems

Embedded systems and product-level control

  • Dedicated controllers and gateways for specific equipment
  • Firmware for field devices and edge nodes
  • Integration with existing control rooms and SCADA systems

Typical scenarios

Brownfield industrial plants

Machines and panels often decades old. Mix of devices with and without communication. Need to add visibility and control without stopping production.

OEMs and hardware/IoT startups

A new product that needs to speak industrial protocols, integrate with customer plants without friction, and consider field electrical and environmental conditions from the start.

Remote assets and distributed infrastructure

Equipment in locations where the network is not guaranteed. Telemetry with intermittent links. Need for local decision-making to not depend on cloud availability.

Protocols and integration philosophy

The goal is not to impose a "universal solution" but to respect the reality of industrial communication:

Supported protocols

  • Modbus RTU/TCP
  • DNP3
  • IEC 61850 (MMS)
  • IEC 60870-5
  • OPC UA
  • MQTT
  • HTTP/REST

Approach

  • Start from what already exists in the plant
  • Design clean interfaces and clear data models
  • Avoid locking the customer to a single vendor or opaque middleware

Embedded systems and hardware design

When a simple gateway or off-the-shelf device doesn't solve it, Ioseph Engenium can design:

  • Custom embedded controllers: microcontroller or embedded Linux-based systems, I/O and interfaces tailored to the project
  • Firmware and low-level software: deterministic control loops, state machines, industrial protocol implementation
  • Integration with existing automation: acting as a "bridge" between new devices and legacy PLCs/SCADA

The goal is always: engineering-grade behavior, predictable over time.

Telemetry and data handling

Collecting data is not just "sending everything to the cloud". In many projects, the work includes:

  • Local buffer and store-and-forward: handling intermittent or high-latency links, ensuring data is not lost
  • Basic edge processing: simple filters, limits, statistics, and alarms, reducing unnecessary traffic
  • Clear data models: naming conventions and reusable structures across different systems

This allows SCADA and historians to receive consistent information, regardless of each device's particularities.

Engagement models

When this work fits well

Ioseph Engenium's Automation & Embedded Systems offering fits when:

  • Your process can't be treated as a generic "IoT demo"
  • You need to deal with real constraints: noise, voltage sags, limited bandwidth, legacy devices
  • You need traceable engineering decisions, not "black-box" promises
  • You prefer a solution that can be explained, documented, and maintained over the years

Have an automation scenario to discuss?

Send a summary of the context — plant, equipment, constraints — and the first step will be a fit analysis.

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