Smart Factory Connectivity

We engineer industrial ethernet gateways and RS485 Modbus concentrators that network legacy machines and compile production metrics.

Factory Networking Barriers

Legacy factory configurations present significant barriers to digitization:

Incompatible Interfaces: Legacy machines lack ethernet or Wi-Fi ports.
Electrical Interference: Heavy machinery power spikes disrupt data links.
Clunky Cable Routing: Routing long ethernet lines around machinery is difficult.
Vendor Lock-in: Proprietary protocols restrict data extraction.

Thinkfinity Factory Bridges

We deploy isolated gateways and multi-protocol bridges:

Industrial Gateway Blocks: DIN-rail gateway units bridging RS485 to Ethernet.
Optocoupled Protection: Isolated inputs prevent damage from ground loops.
Wireless Mesh: BLE and LoRa links eliminate complex cabling.
Open Formats: Exporting data via standard JSON MQTT payloads.

System Architecture

How the Smart Factory Connects

Our smart factory gateway bridges shop-floor devices with cloud databases:

Machine Registers: Reads machine registers via Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, or CAN Bus.
Protocol Translation: Industrial gateway processes registries and packs data into secure payloads.
Ethernet Uplink: Transmits data to local SCADA servers or cloud portals via ethernet or Wi-Fi.

Hardware Specs

- ESP32-WROOM-32E MCU
- W5500 SPI Ethernet controller
- Isolated RS485 physical interface
- 2.5kV optocoupler isolation
- DIN-rail mountable IP30 enclosure