Leading the trend of intelligence and exploring the transformation of industrial control "core"

Industrial control technology has gone through three stages: the first generation of traditional computer centralized control systems (CCS); the second generation of distributed control systems (DCS); and the third generation of fieldbus control systems (FCS). Now, the demand for large amounts of data and high-speed transmission such as images and voice signals has led to the combination of Ethernet and control networks. The wave of intelligence and networking has also integrated emerging technologies such as embedded technology, multi-standard industrial control network interconnection, and wireless technology. The field of industrial control is undergoing an unprecedented "core" transformation.

　　With the development of computer science and technology, advanced intelligent control technology and network communication technology, the traditional industrial control field is being impacted by advanced science and technology, and traditional industrial control technology has gradually been replaced by intelligent control technology. Intelligent industrial control has expanded the development space of industrial control and brought new development opportunities. Intelligent industrial control is growing rapidly.

　　TI: Optimistic about the potential of the Chinese market and deep cultivation of industry

　　As the Chinese market continues to grow, China is not only the world's largest manufacturing plant, but is also becoming one of the most important consumer markets. While many local companies are growing, a considerable number of foreign companies have entered the Chinese market and developed rapidly. Among these companies, there are both TI's customers and peers. Today, TI has a very rich product line, and the width and breadth of its product line are enough to cover the application fields of all walks of life. In recent years, the rapid development of TI analog products in the industrial field has made TI deeply realize the huge development prospects in the industrial field.

　　Brian Crutcher, senior vice president and general manager of the analog business unit of Texas Instruments, said: "TI regards China as one of the most important markets in the world. TI has many opportunities in the Chinese market. In 2012 alone, TI had development opportunities of US$12 billion in China. These opportunities are not only in the fields of communication products and consumer electronics, but also in other fields, especially the development prospects of industrial control are quite broad."

　　Brian Crutcher said that even in the global economic downturn in recent years, TI analog can still maintain a high, stable and rapid growth in the industrial field. Moreover, "We like the industrial field very much. This field is different from many previous fields. It is not a field occupied by a few customers, but there are thousands of potential customers, which means that we will have a huge room for development." Many of TI's products can be easily applied in the industrial field directly or with slight modifications. At the same time, in order to better meet the needs of industrial customers, TI has made corresponding special treatments in terms of life cycle, coping with harsh environments, safety, etc. TI is not only optimistic about the industrial market, but also fully prepared to bring TI's "Smarter, Healthier, Greener, Safer and more Fun!" products into the industrial field.

　　
Brian Crutcher, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Analog Business Unit, Texas Instruments

　　AMD: Intelligent industrial control promotes the arrival of Industry 4.0

　　Following the invention of the steam engine, mass production and automation, the era of "Industry 4.0" began to be mentioned. The advent of the first three industrial revolutions created mechanical, electrical and information technology. Today, the Internet of Things and smart manufacturing are announcing the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution - Industry 4.0.

　　One of the important directions of Industry 4.0 is "smart factory", which focuses on the study of intelligent production systems and processes, as well as the realization of networked distributed production facilities. The new concept of "Industry 4.0" proposed by German experts mainly studies the evolution of networked factories and related aspects. The integration of product development, logistics and production will be achieved through material flow, product flow, and information flow, thereby building a highly complex and extremely efficient global production operation. In this way, a production line can be connected with suppliers and consumer information, so as to dynamically adjust the production process according to consumer demand and make corresponding adjustments to the delivered raw materials.

　　Cameron Swen, strategic marketing manager for industrial control and automation at AMD Embedded Solutions Division, said that intelligent manufacturing, networking and integrated factories are gradually supporting the trend of Industry 4.0. AMD's SoC solutions for industrial control and automation have data management functions and support standard networks. They can manage and analyze collected data through efficient communication between each other, and can realize advanced networked industrial control systems.

　　
Cameron Swen, Strategic Marketing Manager, Industrial Control and Automation, Embedded Solutions Division, AMD

　　NI: Embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution

　　The fourth industrial revolution brought about by the Internet of Things is gradually expanding, driving a large number of demands for embedded system signal acquisition and control applications. Therefore, National Instruments (NI) has launched the programmable automation controller CompactRIO (cRIO) based on an open platform, as well as the more affordable myRIO solution to help the industry accelerate the development of a new generation of embedded systems.

　　James Truchard, founder and CEO of National Instruments, said at the forum on the first day of the 19th NI Week that the industry is experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, and the information-physical fusion system will be the general trend. This system is a system architecture composed of computing, communication and control, which will greatly change the transportation, healthcare, energy, manufacturing and agriculture industries.

　　Truchard further pointed out that ubiquitous computing and real-time systems will become the center of the fourth industrial revolution, and National Instruments already has the technology to truly help redefine industrial operations. Software-defined hardware platform design will be the general trend, and the company's product strategy is also moving in this direction.

James Truchard, founder and CEO of National Instruments

　　Chenhan Electronics: Intelligent industrial control is a major trend

　　Intelligent industrial control refers to the information collection, transmission, processing and comprehensive utilization of information on the information infrastructure and integrated platform in the process of industrial production, management and operation. The country has two main goals in implementing high-tech industrialization: one is to develop high technology, form emerging industries and cultivate new growth points; the other is to use advanced technology to transform and optimize traditional industries and improve the quality of economic growth. Vigorously developing intelligent industrial control is an effective way and means to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, improve the overall quality of enterprises, improve the overall national strength of the country, adjust the industrial structure, and quickly revitalize large and medium-sized enterprises. The country will continue to implement a series of special projects for the industrialization of intelligent high-tech industries, use informatization to drive industrialization, promote the further development of industrial intelligent technology, strengthen technological innovation, realize industrialization, solve the deep-seated problems facing the development of the national economy, further improve the overall quality of the national economy and comprehensive national strength, and achieve leapfrog development.

　　The combination of computer network technology, wireless technology and intelligent sensor technology has created a new concept of "networked intelligent sensors based on wireless technology". This networked intelligent sensor based on wireless technology enables industrial field data to be transmitted, published and shared directly on the wireless link network. Wireless LAN technology can provide high-bandwidth wireless data links and flexible network topology structures for communication between various intelligent field devices, mobile robots and various intelligent devices in factory environments. It effectively makes up for the shortcomings of wired networks in some special environments and further improves the communication performance of industrial control networks.

　　Mr. Liu Jinquan, technical director of Shanghai Chenhan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., said that the development path of my country's industrial control intelligence is mostly to introduce complete sets of equipment and digest and absorb them at the same time, and then conduct secondary development and application. At present, my country's industrial control intelligent technology, industry and application have made great progress, and my country's industrial computer system industry has been formed. Industrial control automation technology is developing towards intelligence, networking and integration.

　　
Mr. Liu Jinquan, Technical Director of Shanghai Chenhan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

　　ADLINK Technology: From “Scale Manufacturing” to “Smart Manufacturing”

　　The vigorous development of industrial automation has been strongly supported by national policies, and the need for industrial transformation has pushed the wheel of industrial control towards the direction of "intelligent manufacturing". During the "15th Five-Year Plan", the country's work focus on using informatization to drive industrialization has three aspects: first, focusing on the application of electronic information technology, improving the automation, intelligent control and management informatization of traditional industries; second, focusing on the application of advanced manufacturing technology, promoting high-quality and efficient production in the manufacturing field, and revitalizing the equipment manufacturing industry; third, transforming and upgrading the key technologies, common technologies and related supporting technologies, processes and equipment levels of key industries.

　　Mr. Zhang Bin, Product Manager of ADLINK's Measurement and Automation Products Division, said that the process of modern industrial development is continuous improvement and upgrading. In the future, the development of industrial automation will inevitably move towards intelligent production equipment and automated production processes. The realization of intelligent industrial automation will fully automate the production process, ensure that the coordination and cooperation between multiple fields in production and manufacturing and even the entire life cycle of the product is fully intelligent, and help manufacturing companies achieve a perfect transformation from "scale manufacturing" to "intelligent manufacturing."

　　
　Mr. Zhang Bin, Product Manager of ADLINK Measurement and Automation Products Division

　　Conclusion

　　Following the invention of the steam engine, mass production and automation, the era of "Industry 4.0" began to be mentioned. The advent of the first three industrial revolutions created mechanical, electrical and information technology. Today, the Internet of Things and smart industry are announcing the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution - Industry 4.0.

　　We have reason to believe that future production plants will be more intelligent. This intelligence will be achieved through the use of miniaturized processors, storage devices, sensors and transmitters, which will be embedded in almost all imaginable machines, raw products, materials, smart tool types and new software for organizing data flows. All these innovations will enable products and machines to communicate with each other and exchange commands. In other words, future factories will be able to optimize and control their manufacturing processes to a large extent. Although there is still a long way to go before this, this will not affect the trend of future industrial control intelligence.