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Differences between SCADA and Internet of Things?
John Dec '18
Differences between SCADA and Internet of
Things
IoT comes from sensor network concept. Actually, the main goal of it is to
standardize sensor network and also data gathering and aggregation
frameworks.
Hence the first idea behind it was to measurement and mining of data.
However, Scada is an automation and control networking framework which the
main concern is to control the actuator network and of course to measure
physical parameters for control.
Hence IoT doesn’t address the Scada real-time and reliable network needes
for industrial control. However industrial IoT focused on QoS constraints of a
real industrial network however it still doesn’t include controller builtin. IIoT
cane is used as a network infrastructure for Scada.
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is a system that monitors
and control industrial, infrastructure, and facility-based processes that exist in
the physical world.
SCADA usually refers to centralized systems, different of the decentralized
nature of the Internet of Things elements. It can, however, be applied to
SCADA as data acquisition/actuator nodes, as long as it provides security and
accuracy required by SCADA standards.
santhosh Dec '18
IoT begins where SCADA, DCS end.
IoT is complimentary to SCADA and DCS. Information generated from SCADA
systems acts as one of the data sources for IoT. SCADA’s focus is on
monitoring and control. IoT’s focus is firmly on analyzing machine data to
improve your productivity and impact your top line
Metadata driven architecture. You can connect anything: machines,
vehicles, bar code readers, solar panels, weather stations and have the
ability to process data across all these sources together.
The ability to do real time complex stream processing of data from
multiple sources .
The ability to analyze large amounts of machine data. The ability to apply
modern supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms to
predict outcomes.( machine learning)
Built with the cloud in mind and provides flexible, affordable pay-as-you
go plans. Systems that provide the ability go go private when the
situation demands.SCADA does not.
Mike Dec '18
IoT is the advance of SCADA (or [web SCADA], where you get to bring your
system to the cloud and have them communicate with each other. IoT stands
for Internet of Things, when it is used for industrial purpose, it shall be called
as IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things). Normally people compared SCADA with
IIoT, instead of IoT.
As previous answers given, IIoT has all SCADA’s function. In other words, IIoT
is SCADA with extra features, i.e. communication between the whole system
via network, where all the system devices can collect/exchange data with
each other. Of course, these data can then be analyzed and processed like
what SCADA does.
Hence, IIoT is the advance of SCADA, which communication and connectivity
between all “Things” are the focus.
vignesh Mr. Dec '18
SCADA is more about machine to machine control by acquiring the necessary
data from the machines through the field level devices such as sensors and
actuators and it uses PLC as their controller.
IoT on the other hand includes every function SCADA has. IoT is more about
collecting and analysing the data. It’s also used in many Automation industries
along with SCADA to help in coordination of work by supporting each system
with the necessary data, so that they run together as a whole system.
P.s: If IoT is implemented in industries, they were termed as IIoT ( Industrial
Internet of Things), but nowadays, it’s IoE ( Internet of Everything )
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