Ep 32 Low Foot Print OPC UA Over TSN for Real-Time Communication - [ Melvin Francis, Be Services ]

In this latest episode, I explore the capabilities of OPC UA PubSub and how it can be integrated with Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) to standardize industrial field-level data transfer.

I speak with Melvin Francis, the Project Manager for OPC UA and TSN-related services at BE.services GmbH, to discuss the challenges faced in developing related applications due to the lack of ready-made OPC UA + TSN stacks or SDKs.

We also delve into the value of OPC UA + TSN integration and how it can address the requirements of time-critical industrial systems.

Furthermore, we explore the ongoing research project by BE Services, in partnership with Hochschule Offsberg University, the German government, and various hardware vendors, to develop a hardware and OS-independent low-footprint OPC UA + TSN SDK for wired and wireless TSN networks.

Below is the outline of our conversation.

✅ How Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) Works ✅ OPC UA PubSub + TSN Integration ✅ Low-footprint OPC UA PubSub TSN Architecture ✅ SDK Test Suite for low-cost testing ecosystem ✅ Practical Demonstration