× Log in Sign up Projects Projects News Contests Events Videos Workshops Please ensure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser to view this page. Alasdair Allan Follow 4 years ago • Internet of Things While the Internet of Things has its roots in the web architectures of the dot-com boom, the Industrial Internet stems back to the SCADA systems, networked industrial control systems, of the early sixties. Unlike the Internet, which is pretty much defined by ubiquity of the TCP/IP protocol stack, SCADA systems use a number of different protocols some of which are more common than others. For vehicles the most commonly used protocol is called Controller Area Network, normally known as CAN bus . Linking CAN bus systems to the Internet has become more and more trivial over the last couple of years, especially with cheap WiFi-connected ODB-II adaptors becoming available. But sometimes ...