Sparkplug B is a specification for MQTT that defines how data is sent and received. Devices and sensors at the edge of a network can use Sparkplug B to communicate with applications like SCADA systems, historians, and analytics programs. All of this communication goes through an MQTT broker.

What is MQTT sparkplug?

MQTT Sparkplug is an interoperability protocol for smart manufacturing and industrial automation use cases. Sparkplug provides a consistent way for equipment manufacturers and software providers to share contextual data to accelerate the digital transformation of existing operations.

What is sparkplug IOT?

Sparkplug is an open-source software specification that provides MQTT clients the framework to seamlessly integrate data from their applications, sensors, devices, and gateways within the MQTT infrastructure in a bi-directional and interoperable way.