PRODUCTS EDITOR’S CHOICE FABEAGLE CONNECT LINKS MANUFACTURING AND IT
environment. The modular and configurable
structure of FabEagleconnect offers a variety of ready-made functions and interfaces for manufacturing and IT. These include cloud interfaces for transferring data from manufacturing to big data applications via REST, MQTT or AMQP as well as standard IT
K
ontron’s software tool, FabEagle enables fast and
reliable data transfer and supports various interface standards. It can be used for both existing
and new systems and enables fast and reliable connectivity for Industry 4.0 and IoT applications in the manufacturing and IT
interfaces for connecting manufacturing with business processes such as OPC UA, SOAP, FTP and TCP/IP. Automation interfaces for data transfer of Siemens, Beckhoff or Omron controllers are also part of the standard offering. After only a few minutes of
training, interfaces can be configured, data can be provided immediately, and targeted data processing can be performed. This way, machine and system manufacturers can create the basis for their own IoT and cloud applications such as e.g. predictive maintenance. Factory operators can use the software tool to link their production with IT systems in order to control production processes in a targeted manner and thus save costs. The transparency gained also offers the possibility of data analysis and process optimisation. A continuous operation of the interfaces is ensured by various diagnostic functions.
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SOLAR-POWERED CELLULAR IOT ASSET TRACKER
Nordic Semiconductor has announced that SODAQ, is using a Nordic multi-mode NB- IoT/LTE-M nRF9160 System-in-Package (SiP) in the world’s first solar-powered, perpetual operation cellular IoT asset tracker. In low duty cycle applications comprising up
to eight pings a day, SODAQ says the asset tracker will operate perpetually on harvested solar energy alone. The tracker integrates a light sensor,
MYTHIC LAUNCHES AI ANALOGUE MATRIX PROCESSOR
Mythic’s M1108 Analog Matrix Processor (Mythic AMP) has been developed specifically for for AI, delivering an analogue compute solution that achieves performance and power with accuracy comparable to digital devices. The M1108 AMP opens up possibilities for device deployment at the edge in a broad range of applications and markets, including smart home, AR/VR, drones, video surveillance, smart city, and automation on the factory floor. With its revolutionary technology, M1108 AMP is at the forefront of a major new trend in AI processing. Running AI models at the edge rather than in the cloud offers
significant advantages to manufacturers: designs can be simpler, privacy is significantly enhanced, and the overall user experience is superior. However, AI at the edge also means the deployment of millions of devices, which creates another set of challenges, such as the need for low-cost, small form-factor devices with low
latency, high performance, and low power. Digital inference solutions based on SOCs, TPUs, CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs can meet some of these challenges, but inherent limitations due to memory, clock speeds, and process technology create insurmountable tradeoffs, with the result that only processors capable of high-performance analogue compute, such as the M1108 Mythic AMP, can address them all.
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accelerometer, temperature sensor, and status LEDs, and is powered from a 0.5W solar panel. It also offers a positional accuracy of 5-20m for GPS, 10-50m for Wi-Fi, and 100m+ for cellular. “As the IoT moves into having hundreds of
billions of devices installed worldwide, batteries suddenly become an important issue,” said SODAQ CEO, Jan Willem Smeenk, who in a former commercial life was also the Co- Founder of pioneering on-line travel website,
Booking.com. Smeenk continues: “First there is the cost
issue of having to check and replace batteries which in large IoT installations quickly become the single biggest cost factor over an IoT product or sensor’s lifetime. And this cost factor will become even more significant as the data subscription costs for cellular continue to fall to what I predict will be around $1 a year. “Second there is the environmental impact of
having billions of battery waste a year.”
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IVATIV INC. AND RUTRONIK ENTER INTO A GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT
iVativ Inc. and Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH have entered into a global distribution agreement. Based in San Jose, California, iVativ Inc. manufactures a wide range of wireless modules and smart sensor products, utilising Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread and ANT wireless protocols. iVativ Inc. solutions include edge to cloud IoT programmes, including hardware and software support. “We are excited to engage with Rutronik’s global wireless team as we expand our channel presence throughout
Europe, North America and Asia. Rutronik’s wireless application team has extensive knowledge of customer requirements and can help drive design activity in the multi segment IoT markets“, said Giuseppe Casella, Senior Sales Director EMEA at iVativ Inc. “With a wide range of wireless modules, cards and sensor products, iVativ Inc. solutions fit very well into
Rutronik‘s portfolio. Multiple modules are based on Nordic Semiconductor SoC‘s, where we have extensive experience working with customers. Other multi-protocol modules have outstanding Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/BLE performance in regards to the power consumption, throughput and Tx/Rx sensitivity. We are very optimistic that this portfolio will match most of our customer requirements“, said Daniel Barth, senior marketing manager of Rutronik’s Wireless Competence Centre.
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