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Radio choices, protocol choices and architecture decisions that are expensive to reverse later, taught with real hardware on the bench.<\/p>\n<h3>What you will leave with<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"se-wk-outcomes\">\n<li>Choose sensibly between LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, Wi-Fi and wired options<\/li>\n<li>Design an MQTT topic structure you will not regret in a year<\/li>\n<li>Bridge OT protocols (OPC-UA, Modbus) into modern data pipelines<\/li>\n<li>Plan power, coverage and gateway placement for a real site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Agenda<\/h3>\n<table class=\"se-wk-agenda\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>09:00<\/time><\/th>\n<td>The industrial data stack, end to end<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>09:50<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Choosing a radio: range, power, throughput, cost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>11:00<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Hands-on: commission a LoRaWAN sensor to a gateway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>13:30<\/time><\/th>\n<td>MQTT in anger \u2014 topics, QoS, retention, security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>14:45<\/time><\/th>\n<td>OT bridges: OPC-UA and Modbus into your pipeline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><time>15:45<\/time><\/th>\n<td>Site planning, power budgets and what goes wrong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Who it is for<\/h3>\n<p>Engineers starting or inheriting an industrial IoT deployment.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<p>General networking awareness.<\/p>\n<h3>Format<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"se-wk-format\">\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> Full day (09:00\u201317:00)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Intermediate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group size:<\/strong> maximum 10 attendees<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivery:<\/strong> live online, or in person by arrangement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"se-wk-bespoke\"><em>Need this for a whole team, or extended to full length on your own systems? 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