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HINGS THE ROAD TO IND USTRY 4.0 :


THE ROAD TO INDUSTRY 4.0: Partnerships and theMICA network


TheHart gThe Harting MCA ( odular I dustry Computing Architecture) has been dev MICA(Modular Industry and bui ding t chnology ry Com uti gArchi ecture) has been devel ped as a platformon


which users can easily and cost-effectively record, pre-process and transmit data to storage in the industrial environ ent - for th St


ich users can easily and cost-effectively record, pre-process and transm data to storage in the industrial environment - for the rail and building technology sectors, for example. Here Gavin Stoppel, productmanager for Harting presents thewo


gy sectors, for example.Her eGavi Stoppel product m nager forHarting presents the w rki g dynamics of this specialised i frastructuresed infrastructure working dynamcs of thi speci T


solution for automation wi structure. In future, a singl within a significantly large island – today, itmust be


he ‘industry’ in Integrated Industry is no longer the original automation embedded


ll be a thing of e, stand-alone r network


the past. Instead, “compatibility” and “value creation networks” will be the defining keywords.


One consequence of these developments is that complex IoT solutions closely aligned with the customer process can no longer be implemented by company. In order to provi with solutions tailored to t


de customers any one


develop joint concepts in c acceptable cost, it become within an acceptable time


with strong partners .


OPEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE In its basic version, theMICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) design features a processor and a module with a Power-Ove interface. Digital inputs an


OPEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE


d outputs are r-Ethernet n interface


integrated on the interface in order to enable digital signal processing. The existing basic functionality permits users to deploy this hardware for Ethernet- based data analysis.


MICA is conceived as an open platform with regard to both hardware and software. Thismeans that partner


companies themselves can easily develop the application software, packaged in “software containers”, to handle their respective application requirements. This process is facilitated by a large selection of basic containers to which functions for handling data acquisition and pre-processing can be added according to pre-defined specifications. ,


In addition theMICA ha rdware can also be tailored to the end-user’s application. Today, a number of partners have already developed functionmodules to serve and control applications that a associated with high costs


environment.Whether for wireless data transmission in the LoRa network, as a


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Harting MICA (Modular IndustIndustrry Computy Computinging Architecture)


s necessary to frame at an heir needs


o-operation Figure 1: Figure 1:


Through partnerships open source platform


hrough partnerships open source platform running on Linuxrunning on Linux


communication gateway for industrial fieldbuses or for recording energy data in buildings or in the industrial environment, the partnermodules for which design data are freely available are trulymultifaceted. The following functionalmodules, developed with partners, are currently available:


MICA USB – For connecting USB devices and data analysis viaMICA


MICA EtherCAT/Profinet/Ethernet IP – For converting industrial networks to Ethernet/TCP configurations


MICA Energy – for analysis of energy meters viaModbus/RTU and additional S0 interfaces for polling con sumptio n meters


MICA Terminal – for connecting touch displays, used to directly visualise data andmanage applications


MICA RFID – For direct connection of RFID antennas and evaluation of data transmitted via RFID


connecting sensors MICAWireless Sens communication via MICAMobile – For cameras to read 1D MICA Reader – For


communication


functions into theMI convert, or integrate


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The design data for these applications are freely available to partners. In addition to the large selection of functionmodules, users also have the ability to pre-process, complex analysis CA .


MICA PARTNER NETWORK NER NETWORK


TheMICA Network was established as a platformfor the exchange of information and the creation of synergies and now boastsmore than 40 partner companies. Specialists fromthe hardware sector, software development, Cloud solutions and providers of turnkey solutions provide mutual proj


, oject support. Partner events


take place several times a year and present news onMICA topics in addition to discussion of current topics.


Leading Cloud providers such as IBMand


access to the world o Microsoft, who work


way down to the sho level. Harting, on the


f automation, all th e with Harting, gain


other hand, benefits p floor at the field


fromtheir IT expertise in the area of analytics and data processing.


The network is constantly growing – and advancing the functionalities of theMICA as well. Here, industry is sounding a clear signal with its requirements for the future. Thanks to its robustness, compactness, modularity and autonomy, the concept of theMICA platformis geared tomaking production companies fit for the futur e, even ifmachines are still running for which the term“Industry 4.0” sounds like something in a foreign language.


in the industrial re normally


Harting www.harting.co.uk


www.harting.co.uk T: 01604 827500


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connecting USB and 2D codes


or Networks – For LTE/Wifi/BT LE wireless


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