In Part I of the Six Qualities to Consider when selecting an Industrial Automation systems integrator, I discussed Product & Application Knowledge, Application Engineering & Development Experience, and Product Offering. Part II will address the final three of six qualities I consider vital to selecting the appropriate systems integrator. The Final Three Qualities all Systems…
If you work around chemicals and gases, you know the importance of safety measures to reduce the risk of accidents and explosions. Those are just things that you don’t want to mess around with. It’s no coincidence that lately I have seen a growing need for Class 1, Division 2 Industrial Hardware in potentially hazardous…
As economies adjust to ever-rising demand for and costs of energy, an increasing range of enterprises are focusing on intelligent-building strategies. Globally, commercial buildings currently consume just fewer than 25 percent of all electricity production, making intelligent, automated management of those resources critical not only to enterprise efficiency, but also to global energy-allocation challenges. While…
Last week, I was thinking a lot about Advantech’s recently introduced iDoor Technology…so much, in fact, that it was on my mind as I went to the grocery store. While at the store, I went through the salad bar and it dawned on me. The concept of iDoor Technology is similar to that of a…
When I tuned in to Advantech’s April 18, 2014, webinar, Windows Embedded 8.1 Overview and Lock-Down Features, available here via YouTube, I got more than I bargained for. As Advantech Product Sales Manager Tze Chew introduced the event’s keynote speaker, Sylvain Ekel, Microsoft’s Senior Account Technology Strategy Manager, he paused to address – straight up…
Behind the scenes, L-Tron technology partners do much to support their industries, as well as the people and enterprises that rely upon them. Case in point: Advantech’s sponsorship of the Automation World: Factory & Machine Automation Playbook, 2014 Edition, a 167-page compilation of hands-on, practical advice designed to aid industrial automation end users in “selecting…
I recently began a series of posts inspired by a webinar entitled Enabling Smart Factories – The Transformation of Manufacturing Systems & Factory Facilities, hosted by Advantech and presented by Dr. Jay Lee. I introduced Dr. Lee and his Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems in Part 1 of this series. This blog covers the topic of…
On April 2, 2014, I attended a webinar titled Enabling Smart Factories – The Transformation of Manufacturing Systems & Factory Facilities, hosted by Advantech and presented by Dr. Jay Lee. What I expected was a nebulous discussion of vague academic concepts. What I got was real-world insight into actionable strategies for optimizing industrial systems. Dr….
I previously covered Part 1 (Content of the IoT), Part 2 (Intel’s Intelligent Systems Framework) and Part 3 (Wind River’s Intelligent Device Platform) of Advantech product engineer Ken Chang’s enlightening PowerPoint presentation, UTX-3115 for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications. Chang’s presentation is available in a 22-minute YouTube video. This post covers Part 4 of that…
In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, I began to explore Advantech product engineer Ken Chang’s enlightening PowerPoint presentation entitled UTX-3115 for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications. In this blog, I will discuss Wind River’s Intelligent Device Platform. Bringing divergent hardware and software together is a critical function of Advantech’s UTX-3115 IoT gateway, which…
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