The race hasn’t yet begun. In fact, we’re not even on the starting block, but the rule book for this race – the race to the next major innovative mobile platform (smartphone) has been drafted and teams are starting to assemble. Google’s Project Ara, the world’s first completely modular smartphone is coming, and the modules will be designed by… YOU! On your mark. Get set. Design!
 Use Configurable Digital IO To Give Your Industrial Controller the EdgeSponsored by Maxim Integrated As factories get bigger, centralized industrial process control has become difficult to manage. While there have been attempts to simplify the task, it remains unwieldy. In this design solution, we briefly review the centralized approach before looking at what potential changes edge computing will bring to the factory floor. We also show a digital IO IC that allows for smaller, more adaptable programmable logic controllers (PLCs) more suited to this developing architecture. |
