---
id: "google-manufacturing-connect"
type: "component"
kind: "iot-hub"
provider: "gcp"
category: "messaging"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/manufacturing-data-engine/docs/overview"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-manufacturing-connect"
---

# Manufacturing Connect

Factory-floor gateway translating 270+ industrial protocols into Pub/Sub messages.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [gcp](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=gcp) |
| Kind | [IoT hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/iot-hub) |
| Category | Messaging |
| Official docs | [https://docs.cloud.google.com/manufacturing-data-engine/docs/overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/manufacturing-data-engine/docs/overview) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `deviceCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `deviceProvisioning` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `deviceTwin` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `edgeProcessing` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `edgeStorage` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `industrialProtocolCount` | integer | — | no | 270 | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `messagesPerDayLimit` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `natsInterconnect` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `perDeviceIdentity` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `protocol` | enum | `mqtt`, `amqp`, `http`, `multi`, `lorawan` | no | — | **"multi"** |
| `uplink` | enum | `pubsub`, `mqtt` | no | "pubsub" | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 21

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- [AWS IoT Core](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-core.md) `aws-iot-core` — aws
- [AWS IoT Device Management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-device-management.md) `aws-iot-device-management` — aws
- [AWS IoT FleetWise](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-fleetwise.md) `aws-iot-fleetwise` — aws
- [Managed integrations for AWS IoT Device Management](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-managed-integrations.md) `aws-iot-managed-integrations` — aws
- [AWS IoT SiteWise](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-sitewise.md) `aws-iot-sitewise` — aws
- [AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-iot-wireless.md) `aws-iot-wireless` — aws
- [Amazon Monitron](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-monitron.md) `aws-monitron` — aws
- [Device Update for IoT Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-device-update.md) `azure-device-update` — azure
- [Azure IoT Central](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-iot-central.md) `azure-iot-central` — azure
- [Azure IoT Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-iot-hub.md) `azure-iot-hub` — azure
- [Eclipse Ditto](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ditto.md) `ditto` — default
- [EMQX](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/emqx.md) `emqx` — default
- [HiveMQ](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/hivemq.md) `hivemq` — default
- [Eclipse Hono](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/hono.md) `hono` — default
- [Generic IoT hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/iot-hub.md) `iot-hub` — default
- [OPC UA server](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/opc-ua-server.md) `opc-ua-server` — default
- [ThingsBoard](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/thingsboard.md) `thingsboard` — default
- [VerneMQ](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/vernemq.md) `vernemq` — default
- [OCI Internet of Things Platform](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-iot.md) `oci-iot` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "google-manufacturing-connect", component: "google-manufacturing-connect" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Manufacturing Connect (Manufacturing Connect Edge): the factory-floor gateway in front of
# Manufacturing Data Engine. "Manufacturing Data Engine overview": an "Edge to cloud gateway
# capable of translating more than 270 industrial communication protocols into standardized
# Pub/Sub messages", with edge processing and storage, and instances interconnected over
# the built-in NATS integration.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "google-manufacturing-connect"
kind: "iot-hub"
provider: "gcp"
docs: "https://docs.cloud.google.com/manufacturing-data-engine/docs/overview"
defaults:
  protocol: "multi"
  managed: false
properties:
  industrialProtocolCount:
    type: "integer"
    default: 270
  edgeProcessing:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  edgeStorage:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  natsInterconnect:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
  uplink:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["pubsub", "mqtt"]
    default: "pubsub"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-manufacturing-connect