
Building blocks for Industry 4.0
I4.0-capable components on machines and systems are essential for the smart factory of the future - everything from sensors and control systems to cloud connectivity is required. Below is a small selection.
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I4.0-capable components on machines and systems are essential for the smart factory of the future - everything from sensors and control systems to cloud connectivity is required. Below is a small selection.

Janz Tec offers the MDE:connect hardware-software solution package for flexible machine data acquisition in digitalized production.

With the DNP/AISS1, SSV is presenting an evaluation board with various sensors and pre-installed machine learning algorithms for industrial applications.

ERP provider proAlpha has acquired 100% of the shares in C4BI and is thus further expanding its Business Intelligence (BI) team.

In the age of Industry 4.0, the cloud and big data, the topic of IT security is becoming increasingly important. Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized product innovations from the field of security in a series of images.

Ecom is now introducing a smartwatch for the Ex area in Zone 2/22 and Div. 2. The watch is based on the Samsung Galaxy Watch and can be combined with the Ecom Smartphone Smart-Ex 02 and Featurephone Ex-Handy 10.

The Raspberry Pi 4 comes with new computing cores and improvements, especially to the peripherals. The new features in detail in a picture gallery.

With 854 exhibitors in six halls, the largest SPS IPC Drives Italia to date closed its doors at the end of May 2019. Over 41,500 visitors used the trade fair to find out about industrial automation solutions, digital technologies and vocational training.

Beckhoff has announced a solution for machine learning that is seamlessly integrated into the Twincat 3 controller and is therefore also suitable for the demanding motion sector.

What is the optimum operating unit for industrial users? What is happening on the market? Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products from the operating & monitoring sector as a series of pictures.