Vertical Lift Modules, which streamlines parts storage and order picking and eliminates time lost to traveling to find parts. Our automation and fast shipping processes ensures most packages are received within two to four days in Europe, with an on-time arrival rate of 99.9 percent. Mouser services designers working in all fields, but to pick just one to focus on in more detail, the Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Industry 4.0 are especially significant in Europe, and growing due to advances in the ability to record more accurate data and automated data analysis methods.
As my colleague Liam Critchley commented in a recent blog at
https://www.mouser.com/blog/where-nanotechnology-the-iot-and-in- dustry-40-meet, recent software, algorithm, and machine learning ad- vances have enabled the automation of many sensor networks to the point where an operator is not required unless notified by the system it- self. These new sensor networks and data manipulation approaches are used in applications ranging from smart buildings to industrial produc- tion processes — where each environment is readily optimized based on the trends of the recently obtained data against the historical data. In many cases, they can automatically change the internal conditions them- selves and will only notify the operator if an issue occurs or the data trends show that downtime is imminent. This has provided much higher efficiencies to a range of industries. While nano-technology is not everybody’s first thought when you think of the IoT, there are already ways in which nano-technology is help- ing to propel this area of data optimization. At the heart of the IoT and Industry 4.0 are the sensors themselves. Perhaps the area that will benefit the most from nanotechnology is the initial data measurement. The incorporation of nano-materials as the ‘sensing materials’ into various types of sensors is well-documented, with much greater efficiencies being afforded by their use. The small size of nano-materials — in particular, 2D materials such as graphene — often provides a high surface area that can detect changes in an environment. Nano-materials have various properties that enable these mechanisms to work efficiently—whether it is through measurable optical changes in the distance, adsorbing atoms at its surface, or the ability to be flexed, stretched, or compressed. Some nano-materials can perform at least one, if not all, of these mechanisms. The high sensitivity, and therefore more accurate data points, is often due to the high electrical conductivity and charge carrier mobility of nano-materials. The second area where nano-technology can be combined with the IoT is in the creation of a physical network, composed of nano-materials,
that facilitates the exchange of data through different components com- municating with each other at the nano level. This is known as the Inter- net of Nano Things (IoNT) - I promised you a new IoT acronym!!!!. In terms of development, it is not yet at the level of other IoT systems, but it is attracting interest from the communication and medical sectors. One such example is in field-based applications, where remote sensing is re- quired, or for measuring different points within a human body. Industry 4.0 is only just emerging and will continue to advance in the coming years. That is a given. However, even though conventional data transferring, cloud computing, and data manipulation approaches are used across many industries now, there may come a point — just like computing — where the transfer of data needs to occur through much smaller architec- tures. When the immediate need is there commercially, the groundwork being put into the IoNT will enable it to be used as Industry 4.0 really takes a hold across all industry sectors. Whatever the sector – IoT, IoNT, Au- tomotive, Medical, Defence, Communi- cations, Industrial, Consumer et al – Mouser is always eager to be at the forefront of technology, with the latest parts, development tools and reference designs from the largest companies and also the smallest start-ups with a great new idea. In stock, available to buy, ready for you to design into your next product…that’s our promise.
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