
Impressions and highlights from the trade fair
From November 28 to 30, 2017, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds were once again all about electric automation. Our photographer captured everything there was to see on site with his camera.
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From November 28 to 30, 2017, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds were once again all about electric automation. Our photographer captured everything there was to see on site with his camera.

Fog computing in the industrial environment - Kontron has set itself this goal. The first building blocks of this IT-based product orientation were on display at the trade fair.
What new products will exhibitors be presenting at SPS IPC Drives 2017? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what can be seen in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.
Around 1700 exhibitors will be presenting the complete spectrum of industrial automation at the 28th SPS IPC Drives from November 28 to 30, 2017. With the reallocation of Hall 6, the focus of the exhibition will now be more on IT than ever before.

RS Components set its sights on SPS IPC Drives 2017 and showed examples from robotics and the Internet of Things that were created using components from the RS catalog. There is also a new software tool that makes CE certification easier.

The entry into the SMARC business is a small paradigm shift for TQ-Systems: Until now, the company offered proprietary formats for RISC CPU modules, but now it is relying on the SMARC standard.

embedded world is developing excellently. The prospects for the embedded world Conference and the electronic displays Conference are just as excellent - as the program shows.

The 7th generation CPU (Intel Core Haswell i7) contained in the ECU-4784 industrial PC from Advantech supports Intel AMT functionality, a special version of the operating system.

Microsystems competition 'Cosima'
As part of the 'Cosima' student competition, the VDE and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research awarded two first places this year - for example to the team developing an intelligent bicycle pedal that can be used to upgrade any bike to make it smart.

Extra Computer is expanding its portfolio with the Exone Workstation 4204, which is ideal for computing-intensive tasks such as design, 3D simulations, CAD and CAM applications, software development, video editing, graphic design or the calculation of ...