Intermediate IoT Development · Intermediate
Industrial Protocols Primer: MQTT and Modbus Hygiene
Wire resilient brokers and clean Modbus maps with mentor-reviewed configs.
Overview
Broker hardening, topic naming discipline, and Modbus register maps that operations teams can audit. Includes chaos drills for broker failovers at classroom scale.
Included focus areas
- Topic taxonomy worksheets
- TLS termination patterns for lab brokers
- Modbus map versioning examples
- Chaos scripts capped to classroom throughput
- Observability dashboards without PII
- Retention policy drills
- Runbook templates for on-call rotations
Outcomes you can evidence
- Publish broker configs with peer-reviewed naming
- Demonstrate Modbus failover under scripted latency
- Share runbook validated by mentor sign-off
FAQ
PLC hardware?
Simulators only—physical PLCs are out of scope.
Mentor hours?
Async forum responses within 48h on business days.
Refund timing?
See Money-Back Policy for eligibility windows.
Participant notes
“Chaos script nailed our broker stall scenario—topic taxonomy worksheet is now team policy.”
“Forum-only mentorship felt sparse during holiday week; content still sharp.”