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04. Ethernet and Wireless Enable Manufacturing Internet of Things 07. Automation Technology Futures 09. Report Targets Power Transformer Monitoring Hardware 11. Weaving a Tapestry of Automation Technology
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ig Data headlines not only tech news but also popular newsas in whats the government doing with all the information its storing about us. Big Data comprises just a twig compared with the fullgrown oak that Big Analog Data can generate. National Instruments Fellow Tom Bradicich mentioned twice in separate interviews during NIWeek last month that all of the analog data acquired from manufacturing and productsa.k.a. the Internet of Things (IoT)dwarfs what is currently known as Big Data. When thinking about data, consider the flow. First is acquisition from analog measurements. This may or may not be used in real time. Then there is data in motion and data at rest. Finally there is archiving the data. Then characterize data by where it is. The insight comes from how the data is used. Real time is important if you are monitoring a motor about to catch fire. On the other hand, maybe you want to go through three years of data to look for trend. In test and measurement, we might debate with IT about whose data is bigger, Bradicich says. Its not just size, but also velocity. When data leaves NI devices, its in motion. Then first it hits a switch, server or workstation. Now it is at rest in an IT server. Now the IT world takes over for analytics, then archiving. The question for us is, Where do customers want to derive insight? Maybe closer to the instrument, or maybe later at the desk. The four variables of data TACTICAL BRIEF Sponsored by
Terabytes of data
An NI partner, Phasor Measurement, has developed a solution to monitor the electric power grid. Bradicich says it can generate 5 TB of data per month. A wind turbine can generate 10 TB per day, and a jet engine can generate 20 TB per hour. Its easy to see how this fast, streaming data could add up quickly. Duke Energy built a system to conquer the problem of monitoring and analyzing diagnostics of its fossil fuel fleet of generating plants. The old way sent condition monitoring specialists to each site with handheld data collection devices. The company figured that the
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network technologies within the production environment. These technologies not only offer incremental benefit over dedicated automation solutions in many applications, they also favorably position manufacturers to support the data transfer requirements inherent in IoT.
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Advantechs EKI-3000 series of smart Ethernet switches provide 1,000Mbps bandwidth and jumbo frame support up to 9,216 bytes. With loop detection, they can selfdiagnose and provide an alarm if necessary. They are small and can fit into confined spaces and have an IP40 protection level against objects <1.0mm. Their low power draw and wide DC input of 8.4Vdc to 52.8Vdc can provide up to 60% reduction of power consumption.
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WebAccess is a SCADA/HMI software suite designed for sophisticated SCADA applications yet, cost-effective and robust to satisfy the most demanding HMI applications. WebAccess is truly web-enabled, meaning both runtime and development can be done through Ethernet connection to the server. The cost of the software includes the development environment, all additional web seats, and any future software updates. WebAccess supports browser access, including tablets and smart phones, and includes all the software features expected from a complete SCADA/HMI solution.
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By Jim Pinto
igital technology continues to permeate in the world at large, and several growth inflection points are brewing in the new digital automation world. Rapid shifts are occurring in all industrial measurement and control environmentsfrom wired systems to wireless connectivity; from conventional client-server systems to cloud-based processing; from tethered PCs and centralized operator stations to an abundance of mobile devices; from local data management to the advent of Big Data; from relatively large centralized systems to the distributed Internet of Things (IoT). We are heading into a world in which intelligence is widely distributed across the physical landscape. Remote sensors will generate enormous amounts of data, and cognitive processors will sort the information to deliver knowledge and capabilities never before thought possible. The concept of Internet-connected machines that collect data and communicate, often called IoT or Machine-to-Machine (M2M), has been around for years. Now several leading companies have identified this as a strategic market with enormous potential, though they still see the shift from their own points of viewnot yet with a single coherent vision. TACTICAL BRIEF Sponsored by
Cisco estimates that more than 99% of physical objects are still unconnected, and champions the Internet of Everything to bring together people, process and data, and convert information into actions that create new capabilities and unprecedented economic opportunities in almost every arena. IBMs Smarter Planet strategy, more than five years old, is targeted at using data and analytics to build an intelligent and interconnected planet. GE calls this the Industrial Internet, emphasizing focus on industrial applications. Growth is viewed as a third wave, following the industrial revolution and the Internet revolution. They believe that 46 percent of the global economy, or $32.3 trillion in global output, can benefit from these new developments. They estimate that this could add $10 trillion to $15 trillion to the world economy in the next 20 years. To back up these projections, they have committed R&D funding of $500 million a year for the next three years, the first major commitment on a scale that could meaningfully accelerate adoption.
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Advantech welcomes Harry Forbes, Senior Analyst, ARC Advisory Group, to discuss the business and technology drivers behind IoT. In this video, Harry Forbes looks at all the causes of the Internet of Things. The market size, applications, industries, and business models.
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Interoperability
One other technology and standards thread is required to weave this information-rich industrial future. That is interoperability. I recently visited a Belden plant where wiring cables are manufactured. Management researched new Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) applications. One manager told me, I sure wish that these packages would communicate with other software packages such as our enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. OPC UA has been more than five years in development. In 2012 we began to see a critical mass of applications and products. OPC is one
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