# Industrial > An index and topic collection covering industrial APIs across industrial IoT (IIoT), operational technology (OT), SCADA, manufacturing, smart factory, asset management, predictive maintenance, energy management, and building automation. This collection profiles industrial cloud platforms (Siemens... This is the **Industrial** topic area of [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) — a network of focused knowledge bases drawn from 16 years of independent API research by Kin Lane. Browse all areas at https://apievangelist.com/areas/. ## Services & Tools - [1Factory](https://providers.apis.io/providers/1factory/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/1factory) - [Aklivity](https://providers.apis.io/providers/aklivity/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/aklivity) - [Amazon FreeRTOS](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-freertos/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-freertos) - [Amazon IoT Core](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-core/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-core) - [Amazon IoT Device Defender](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-defender/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-defender) - [Amazon IoT Device Management](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-device-management/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-device-management) - [Amazon IoT Events](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-events/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-events) - [Amazon IoT FleetWise](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-fleetwise/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-fleetwise) - [Amazon IoT Greengrass](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-greengrass/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-greengrass) - [Amazon IoT SiteWise](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-sitewise/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-sitewise) - [Amazon IoT TwinMaker](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-iot-twinmaker/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-iot-twinmaker) - [Amazon Lookout for Equipment](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-lookout-for-equipment/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-lookout-for-equipment) - [Amazon Monitron](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-monitron/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-monitron) - [Amazon Timestream](https://providers.apis.io/providers/amazon-timestream/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/amazon-timestream) - [Apache NiFi](https://providers.apis.io/providers/apache-nifi/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/apache-nifi) - [Applied Materials](https://providers.apis.io/providers/applied-materials/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/applied-materials) - [AspenTech](https://providers.apis.io/providers/aspentech/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/aspentech) - [Autodesk](https://providers.apis.io/providers/autodesk/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/autodesk) - [Baker Hughes](https://providers.apis.io/providers/baker-hughes/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/baker-hughes) - [Belden](https://providers.apis.io/providers/belden/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/belden) - [Bosch](https://providers.apis.io/providers/bosch/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/bosch) - [Emerson Electric](https://providers.apis.io/providers/emerson-electric/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/emerson-electric) - [HiveMQ](https://providers.apis.io/providers/hivemq/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/hivemq) - [Honeywell](https://providers.apis.io/providers/honeywell/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/honeywell) - [Litmus](https://providers.apis.io/providers/litmus/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/litmus) - [MQTT](https://providers.apis.io/providers/mqtt/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/mqtt) - [Node-RED](https://providers.apis.io/providers/node-red/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/node-red) - [OSIsoft PI](https://providers.apis.io/providers/osisoft-pi/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/osisoft-pi) - [PTC ThingWorx](https://providers.apis.io/providers/ptc-thingworx/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/ptc-thingworx) - [Rockwell Automation](https://providers.apis.io/providers/rockwell-automation/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/rockwell-automation) - [Rockwell FactoryTalk](https://providers.apis.io/providers/rockwell-factorytalk/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/rockwell-factorytalk) - [Schneider Electric Exchange](https://providers.apis.io/providers/schneider-electric-exchange/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/schneider-electric-exchange) - [Siemens MindSphere](https://providers.apis.io/providers/siemens-mindsphere/) (repo: https://github.com/api-evangelist/siemens-mindsphere) ## Common Features - **Asset and Equipment Registries**: Industrial APIs expose hierarchical asset models for plants, lines, machines, and components, enabling normalized identification and tagging of physical equipment across SCADA, MES, and ERP systems. - **Telemetry Ingestion and Time-Series Storage**: Platforms like AWS IoT SiteWise, Amazon Timestream, and OSIsoft PI ingest high-frequency sensor readings from PLCs, gateways, and historians and expose them through query and streaming APIs. - **OPC UA, MQTT, and Sparkplug B Connectivity**: Edge gateways and brokers (Litmus, HiveMQ, Aklivity, AWS IoT Greengrass) bridge OT protocols such as OPC UA, MQTT Sparkplug B, and Modbus into cloud-native API surfaces. - **Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection**: Services like Amazon Lookout for Equipment and Amazon Monitron apply ML to vibration, temperature, and current signals to predict equipment failures and surface maintenance work orders. - **Digital Twins and 3D Operational Context**: AWS IoT TwinMaker, Siemens MindSphere, and PTC ThingWorx assemble digital twin graphs that combine real-time telemetry, 3D scenes, and asset metadata into queryable APIs. - **Production Runs and Manufacturing Execution**: APIs expose work orders, production runs, batch records, OEE, and quality events to coordinate MES, ERP, and shop-floor systems across discrete and process manufacturing. - **Energy and Building Automation**: Schneider Electric, Honeywell, and Emerson APIs expose meter readings, HVAC controls, and energy-management workflows for industrial and commercial facilities. - **Edge Compute and Local Orchestration**: AWS IoT Greengrass, Node-RED, and Litmus run containers and flows on industrial gateways, exposing local APIs for protocol translation, store-and-forward, and on-device analytics. ## Use Cases - **Plant-Wide Asset Performance Management**: Industrial operators unify asset data from OSIsoft PI, AWS IoT SiteWise, and AspenTech into APIs that power asset performance dashboards, reliability programs, and condition-based maintenance. - **Predictive Maintenance for Rotating Equipment**: Vibration and current data from pumps, motors, and compressors flows through Amazon Lookout for Equipment or Amazon Monitron APIs to predict failures and trigger work orders in CMMS systems. - **OPC UA to Cloud Telemetry Pipelines**: Manufacturers use Litmus, AWS IoT Greengrass, or HiveMQ to map OPC UA tags to MQTT Sparkplug B and stream normalized telemetry through cloud APIs for analytics and digital twins. - **Manufacturing Execution and OEE**: APIs from PTC ThingWorx, Rockwell FactoryTalk, and Siemens MindSphere expose production runs, downtime events, and OEE metrics to MES dashboards and ERP work-order systems. - **Energy Management and Sustainability Reporting**: Schneider Electric and Honeywell APIs aggregate sub-meter, HVAC, and process-energy data into normalized feeds for sustainability and carbon-reporting platforms. - **Digital Twin Operations**: AWS IoT TwinMaker, Siemens MindSphere, and PTC ThingWorx APIs combine 3D scenes, asset hierarchies, and live telemetry for remote operations, training, and root-cause analysis. - **Industrial Data Historian Modernization**: Operators expose decades of PI System and AspenTech historian data through cloud APIs to power machine learning, anomaly detection, and process-optimization workflows. - **Edge Protocol Translation**: Edge platforms like Litmus and Node-RED ingest Modbus, EtherNet/IP, and serial protocols at the gateway and republish them as MQTT, OPC UA, or REST APIs for upstream systems. ## Related Areas - [Internet of Things](https://internet-of-things.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering consumer and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, smart home ecosyst... - [Gateway](https://gateway.apievangelist.com): A collection of services, tooling, and open source solutions for API gateway management and traffic control, covering... - [FinOps](https://finops.apievangelist.com): FinOps is a cloud financial management discipline combining technology, finance, and business practices to drive acco... - [Management](https://management.apievangelist.com): An index and topic collection covering full-stack API management platforms — solutions that combine an API gateway, d... - 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