v2.2 released, CNC FANUC and QnA 1E driver are coming
Neuron v2.2: Beckhoff ADS, OPC DA, and NONA11 drivers have been added to unify the ports exposed by HTTP services.
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Connect disparate industrial devices to the cloud
Neuron is an open-source, lightweight IIoT connectivity server that empowers industrial devices with the key IoT connectivity capabilities in the Industry 4.0 era.
Why Neuron
Open Source
The code of the core framework and Modbus drivers are licensed under LGPL.
Multiple Protocols
Support access to 20+ kinds of industrial protocols, including Modbus, OPC-UA, and more.
Edge Native
Run in real-time to leverage the ultra-low latency industrial data processing at the edge.
High Performance
Connect hundreds of industrial devices and process over 10,000 data points effortlessly.
Ultra Lightweight
Has lower memory footprints, less than 10M, running on low-profile hardware.
Portable Deployment
Deploy on all types of edge hardware on X86, ARM, RISC-V, and other architectures.
Quick Start
Run with Docker
$ docker pull emqx/neuron:2.2.7 $ docker run -d --name neuron -p 7000:7000 -p 7001:7001 --privileged=true --restart=always emqx/neuron:2.2.7
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Build from source
$ git clone https://github.com/emqx/neuron $ cd neuron $ git submodule update --init $ mkdir build && cd build $ cmake .. && make
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Key Features
Connectivity
Support the broadest range of industrial connectivity, including assets, devices, and applications.
Accessibility
Provide data access for industrial applications, such as MES or ERP, IIoT and data analytics software via MQTT or API.
Built-in MQTT & WebSocket
Come with built-in MQTT and WebSocket protocols to help build IIoT applications effortlessly.
Stream Processing & AI/ML
Create streaming SQL scripts in an integrated stream processing engine for AI/ML and control logic.
Security
Support encryption TLS, HTTPS, and JWT auth to ensure the data security in transmission.
Plug-in Extension
Provide SDK for extending more southbound drivers and northbound applications plugin services.
Architecture
Neuron is designed on a modern message bus architecture that is high-performance, scalable, and extensible.
- Asynchronous I/O - Built on the optimized NNG's asynchronous I/O framework
- SMP & Multi-threading - Scale out easily to engage multiple cores in the modern SMP system
Integrations
Neuron can seamlessly stream real-time industrial data directly into Industrial applications (MES, SCADA, etc) by integrating with various Cloud platform including EMQX Cloud, AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
Neuron also provides an integrated SQL streaming processing rule engine eKuiper for data analysis AI/ML to leverage the benefit of low-latency processing at the edge side.
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