A Scalable FOTA Updating Architecture for Industry 4.0 Applications using Wi-Fi and LoRa
This paper proposes a scalable and efficient firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updating architecture that reliably enables the simultaneous remote mass deployment of new firmware versions on Industry 4.0 machines. The architecture comprises remotely interconnected software and hardware sys-tems for providing firmware mass deployment employing Wi-Fi and LoRa technologies. A custom bootloader for Microchip 8-bit and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers has been developed to support remote FOTA operations. Cloud Web, Flutter mobile, and desktop applications are developed with a cloud server to provide remote FOTA operations. A simulation using cloud Web and Flutter mobile applications proves identical results according to the proposed architecture. Experimental work was performed on a Microchip PIC PIC18F4431 development board, and the results showed a significant match to the conducted simulation.
Authors
- Bishoy K. Sharobim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2997-272X)
- Ahmed M. Eltawil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1849-083X)
- Marwan A. Fetteha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8713-1585)
- Ahmed H. Madian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-8088)
- Lobna A. Said (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8223-4625)
- Ahmed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-5325)
Institutions
- Nile University (EG)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icecs61496.2024.10848848
- Primary Topic
- IoT-based Smart Home Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00