Learning objectives How low-power hardware and software techniques can balance the edge-processing burden Understand the devices that sleep on almost no current and software techniques to improve the power efficiency of edge processing Explore the recent advances in low-cost cellular technologies like LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT, which offer direct connectivity from edge devices to the […]
Outdated controls can pose many operational challenges. Companies that operate with outdated controls often experience frequent downtime, expensive or obsolete hardware replacement parts, or few personnel with knowledge to perform maintenance on legacy systems. These challenges were faced by a California winery who needed to modernize the controls for their red fermentation process. The winery […]
Learning objectives Review North America’s energy legislation for induction motors and how it has changed over the years, including the most recent changes. Understand future energy legislation driven by IEC international laws including IE4, IE5 and IE6, and the technologies emerging to support these requirements. Consider the importance of properly sizing motors and drives for […]
Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a “brainless” soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments. “In our earlier work, we demonstrated that our soft robot was able to twist and turn its way through a […]
Operational technology insights The OT field, encompassing critical infrastructure, demands real-time security updates to swiftly detect and respond to advanced attacks, safeguarding operational processes and minimizing potential downtime. A tailor-made cybersecurity platform, considering industrial protocols and network commands, is crucial in protecting critical OT systems, especially in vertical markets like energy and transportation. It offers […]
Industrial PC insights Photonic-electronic SmartNIC “Lightning” accelerates machine learning tasks, enabling real-time inference in complex models. It overcomes dataflow control challenges between photonic and electronic components, a previous bottleneck. Lightning’s count-action programming abstraction seamlessly integrates photonics and electronics, enabling rapid real-time computing. It’s an energy-efficient solution, potentially reducing carbon footprint and cost for machine learning […]
Automation insights Manufacturers at Pack Expo are focusing on delivering comprehensive yet user-friendly solutions, addressing challenges like the skills gap and high customer demand in the packaging and logistics industries. Companies are integrating vision hardware and automation software to reduce latency, accelerate reaction times, and provide a unified development environment, exemplifying the industry’s drive for […]
Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered PID tuning, PLC programming and Control Engineering’s 2023 Engineering Leaders under 40. 1. Beyond PID: 6 advanced strategies to add value to modern process control While PID control is a good choice for most process control applications, sometimes the application is too challenging […]
Learning Objectives Understand how emulation, digital twin software capabilities add lifecycle value. See smaller servos that can deliver more power in stand-alone drives or as integrated motor and drives. Learn how better performance visibility can improve machine fleets, locally or globally. Machine design, motion control insights Digital twin software with emulation capabilities adds lifecycle […]
Global management consulting firms agree that digital twins add substantial business value to a company’s performance – value that, once achieved, turbo-charges business indicators for customers, investors and other stakeholders. Unlike single-purpose digital twins created from data locked in one application, virtual twins draw on a pool of consolidated data to deliver consistent insights from […]