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After the 'Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+' has been on sale since March, the enhanced 'Compute Module 3+' is now also available. Thanks to its small form factor and different memory variants, it is particularly suitable for use in industrial applications.
read more...The new 2.5-inch cards in the 250SH series from Cactus Technologies have a SATA III interface and are available in capacities of up to 8 TByte. The memory cards are based on A-grade memory cells with 16 nm technology.
read more...Texas Instruments presents new ultra-low-power microcontrollers (MCUs) from the MSP430 family. With the MSP430 value line sensing MCUs for implementing simple sensing solutions, developers can access a variety of integrated mixed-signal features.
read more...Manufacturers of automation devices can now offer their customers the functionality to manually distribute the various tasks of the PLC application to symmetrical processor cores of the control CPU in Codesys.
read more...The triumph of the Raspberry Pi continues unabated. The mini computer is also finding more and more applications in industry, for example as the basis for a PLC control system.
read more...The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the OpenFog Consortium (OpenFog) are joining forces: Under the umbrella of the IIC, the combined membership is intended to accelerate the introduction of IIoT, fog and edge computing.
read more...Computers&AUTOMATION - who could reflect this combination better than Hans Beckhoff, Managing Director of the eponymous company Beckhoff Automation from Verl.
read more...Cloud solutions form the basis of Industry 4.0. However, the tasks of a cloud in the factory environment are different to those for 'normal' public tasks. Smart factory concepts therefore rely on edge and fog computing as a supplement to the cloud. But what does such a solution look like?
read more...The new AFL3-W22C-ULT3 panel PC from ICP Germany offers a 21.5-inch multi-touch display with full HD resolution and IP64 protection on the front. Performance is ensured by an Intel Core i5 or Celeron UL processor and a maximum of 32 GB DDR4 RAM.
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