Internet of Things (IoT) Lab

Facilitating simulation of use cases using smooth convergence of our OT and IT capabilities

At the PwC Internet of Things (IoT) lab at Kolkata, we focus on research and development on business-led use cases and build reusable assets in the IoT space. We simulate, design, develop and test industrial use cases that include the Operational Technology (OT) component, Information Technology (IT) component, security and visualisation.

Our capabilities of OT include Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Human Machine Interface (HMI) technologies, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, camera-based image identification, analysis and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), industrial sensors, and support the standard integration and communication protocols for industrial automation. On the IT front, we focus on data ingestion, data acquisition, machine learning, visualisation and mobility.

The IoT lab is equipped with test bench, connectivity devices, industrial sensors, RFID antennae and handheld machines, RFID tags, digital controllers, edge gateways and a video wall that can also double up as control centre.

At the lab, we have developed solutions that have been already implemented for various customers. Some of these solutions include: 

• Condition monitoring and health indexing of distribution and power transformers for a power distribution company
• Asset 'Track and Trace' for a power distribution company
• IoT platform evaluation and recommendation for global automotive company

In addition, we also have the following 'Ready to implement' solutions for which successful pilots have been completed: