ESP32 Serial-to-TCP Gateway

Legacy industrial equipment, meet the network — UART/RS485 bridged to TCP/IP with a scalable C++ architecture.

CategoryEmbedded & Hardware
Timeline2024 — 2025
ContextCraftsmenLab · Industrial IIoT
StatusScalable architecture proven
ESP32 gateway hardware
RS485legacy equipment networked
TCP/IPbridge with reconnect resilience

The product

Factories run on decades-old serial equipment. This ESP32 gateway bridges UART/RS485 machines onto TCP/IP networks so their data reaches modern dashboards — without replacing the machines.

Built with a scalable C++ architecture designed for fleets of gateways across multiple plants.

Under the hood

THE ENGINEERING

  • 01

    Bidirectional UART/RS485 ↔ TCP bridging with connection recovery

  • 02

    Configurable framing for different legacy protocols

  • 03

    Architecture designed for multi-plant fleet deployment

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