Kontron
Software offering strengthened
In expanding its range of products and services, Kontron is paying particular attention to software and is putting together application-specific packages.
At the Kontron press conference, the S&T Management Board explained its current acquisition strategy: The acquisition of AIS Automation in Dresden has expanded the software expertise and capacities of the IoT solutions business for Industry 4.0. AIS Automation's portfolio and engineering team complement the S&T Group's IoT software framework SUSiEtec in an exemplary manner: The AIS products ToolCommander, FabLink and FabEagle expand the range of services in the store floor area (edge computing). The EquipmentCloud developed by AIS integrates seamlessly into the SUSiEtec cloud environment. The combination of SUSiEtec and AIS solutions thus offers S&T/Kontron customers even broader IIoT expertise.
Kontron is also significantly expanding its portfolio for TSN networks and showcasing new platforms and TSN features. NXP LS1028A-based TSN switched endpoints in a ring network with redundant OPC UA via TSN data streams and 802.1CB redundancy will be presented live.
Kontron relies on Intel processors and Movidius acceleration modules for AI in the field of machine vision and deep learning. The upcoming machine vision starter kit with deep learning inference acceleration and PoE industrial camera interfaces is based on Kontron's KBox-C series and includes a software package for in-house development of AI-supported machine vision applications.
Kontron's new web/control panels are based on NXP i.MX6 processors and visualize HTML5 content via the Chromium browser; alternatively, they are available with the iniNet micro browser. The control panels offer various fieldbus interfaces and are optionally available with the Codesys SoftPLC. The operating system is Linux Embedded.
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