Industrial Edge Computing
Recent articles covering the cloud computing trends for 2020 prominently feature edge computing as a concept that can revolutionize industrial operations. This is due to its ability to enable non-connected equipment, manufacturing tools, IIoT devices, and workstations to capture and process data...
Industrial Edge Computing
Growth within the industrial sector has always been spearheaded by the introduction of new concepts that enhanced shop floor productivity. In the late 80s and early 90s, productivity was enhanced by Toyota’s introduction of Lean manufacturing concepts which are still being used today. The...
Component Manufacturer, Industrial Edge Computing, Embedded
Supply chains send out inventory requests. Machines autonomously request spare parts while manufacturing systems autonomously manage production life cycles. These are now common scenarios due to the adoption of Industrie 4.0 business models. Today, component manufacturers are integrating...
OPC UA pub sub over TSN, Industrial Edge Computing
The entrance of the Open Platform Communications (OPC) Foundation into the industrial automation space brought order into the chaotic automation scene ruled by individual fiefdoms offering proprietary solutions tied to their hardware. Early OPC standards such as the OPC Unified Architecture (UA)...
Industrial Cloud Computing, Industrial Edge Computing
Software is renowned for going in cycles, and every 20 years or so we get a significant paradigm shift. For example, forty years ago, if you wanted computers to do something for you, you went to a mainframe which consisted of computing equipment that filled up entire rooms. Programs were fed to...
Machine Manufacturer, Component Manufacturer, Industrial Edge Computing
As Industrie 4.0 comes of age, the rate of adopting its business models in driving production is constantly increasing. OEMs are increasingly embedding smart industrial edge devices. With the growing amount of Industrial cloud computing solutions currently available to manufacturers, options are...
Final User, Machine Manufacturer, Component Manufacturer, Industrial Edge Computing
A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) is defined as a feature or component of a certain device or software application that enables humans to engage and interact with machines. Some examples of common Human Machine Interface devices that we encounter in our daily lives include touchscreens and...
Industrial Edge Computing
In the last article "Your Industrial Cloud Choice" we proposed that the choice of the correct cloud would have to include some thought towards the emerging intelligent edge. I wrote that the combination of massive amounts of real-time data and the requirement for real-time processing at the edge is...
Industrial Edge Computing
Making decisions in the industrial world on which supplier of technology to partner with is a tough business and hence career decision for all the reasons that you know perfectly well. In looking to make the best decision possible, we are fortunate that the industrial sector has always been very...
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