【Video】Dialog Industrial Edge Computing Solution
Speaker in the video: Apurba Pradhan, Senior Marketing Director of Industrial Edge Computing, Dialog Semiconductor
With the development of edge computing and 5G, industrial enterprises can process more and more data at the edge of the network without having to send operational data to the cloud. The industrial edge is where the data is generated. Data analysis close to the source of data generation can understand the situation faster so that immediate actions can be taken to improve operations, from operational efficiency and cost savings to managing risks and improving safety. Deploy artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge, and you can even solve problems before they occur.
The industrial edge can be a factory workshop, a high-rise building, or even a city intersection. As long as there are important connected assets and equipment, it can be an industrial edge.
Let’s talk in depth about the digital transformation of the industrial edge.
For example, if you are an operations manager of an assembly shop, you want to optimize production quality and increase output by adding a robotic inspection system that uses the latest computer vision and AI to augment the capabilities of human inspectors. By running advanced AI near the machines, you can optimize processes in real time and avoid making costly mistakes altogether. AI can also predict machine failures, so you can plan ahead to avoid expensive downtime and lost productivity.
These AI and automation capabilities exist today. However, deploying them successfully requires a wide range of technology domains to work together. For example, you need to provide wireless and cellular connectivity for networked sensors and robots. You need to reconfigure legacy control networks to incorporate these new subsystems, fuse multiple data sources from sensors, control systems, and even video streams, orchestrate complex data flows, run analytics and AI locally, and use their outputs to automatically generate execution sequences.
Handling these complex integrations is key to successfully implementing IoT and 5G deployments in industrial facilities. Wouldn’t it be great if there were off-the-shelf integrated hardware and software solutions that could handle such complex integrations?
Now it does!
Dialog Semiconductor’s Edge Computing Platform creates an IoT-centric data fabric that connects any edge device – whether a sensor, meter or machine – horizontally to its peers, or vertically to automation and control systems, analytical services, industrial SCADA systems and even cloud-based IoT hubs and AI platforms.
Optimized for LTE and 5G connectivity, the data fabric provides an end-to-end solution for industrial companies. Built on open standards for hardware and software, the fabric enables secure access to relevant devices and data from virtually anywhere.
Introducing Dialog’s family of distributed edge servers, SmartServer™ IoT and SmartServer™ Edge, including software stacks that enable you to build a wide range of automated analytics and IoT applications on top of your enterprise’s cellular and 5G network infrastructure.
SmartServer™ IoT and SmartServer™ Edge provide built-in connectivity options for industrial networks and Massive IoT. SmartServer includes software drivers for mainstream open industrial network protocols, allowing you to communicate with any device or sensor. What's more, developers can access free APIs to create their own proprietary protocol drivers. The system architecture uses an intelligent messaging layer built on the open IoT ACCESS PROTOCOL for connection, which is included in each SmartServer core. SmartServer cores form a highly adaptable distributed data structure that connects devices, clients, and servers together, no matter where they run.
For industrial processors, we have integrated built-in automation and control services, as well as analytics and AI services. Users can now analyze data, make decisions, and create actions locally without sending data to the cloud. To make the integration of IT and OT as tight as possible, we have included interfaces such as OPC UA in industrial management systems such as SCADA and BMS. Traditional workstations coexist with modern monitoring analytics and AI.
For system integrators, we include a web-based management UI and drag-and-drop programming tools to help system integrators manage devices and customize the platform according to their applications, whether it is used to optimize energy use in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems or predict failures in discrete manufacturing processes. SmartServer™ IoT and SmartServer™ Edge work together to form a data structure covering factory floors, buildings and other industrial facilities, helping to promote the transition to the era of industrial edge computing.
Contact us at edge.info@diasemi.com or visit the following website to learn more about Dialog's industrial edge computing solutions: https://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/products/industrial-edge-computing
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