Traffic Engineering & Technology – What Makes Us Safe?

According to government statistics, most of the illegal substances that come into the United States are trafficked across official border checkpoints disguised as something else. Therefore, border security officers need to distinguish suspicious persons and vehicles from thousands of other cars without causing delays in the traffic.  Often working with inadequate staff, border security agencies…

Interoperability is the Pain Point for ICS / SCADA

In industrial control systems (ICS) or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, machines, controllers, graphical user interfaces, computers, and data networks work together to automate large-scale processes. ICS / SCADA has wide-ranging applications, including oil and gas exploration, manufacturing robotics, smart factories, smart grids, and smart buildings.  Because machines that are made by different…

Embedded Computing Design Podcast: Embedded Insiders – Episode #23 – Into the Mist as the IIoT Goes Private

One half of the Embedded Insiders made a trip to Southern California this week, where he encountered to opposite sides of the Industrial IoT spectrum. On one end, engineers from ADL Embedded Solutions discussed how its legacy of standard board products and MIL-SPEC designs are filling a need at the mist computing level. LISTEN TO…

Embedded Intel Solutions: The Eyes of the IoT Rely on Processor Innovation

The Eyes of the IoT Rely on Processor Innovation May 1st, 2017 By Caroline Hayes, Senior Editor  Manufacturers are increasingly using connected nodes to monitor production on the factory floor, as well as for surveillance, traffic, and retail applications. Seeking processing power that can boost IoT board and blade performance, manufacturers are eagerly integrating ‘upgrades’ in…

Embedded Intel® Solutions: Hardware for IIoT Mist Computing…at the Edge

 Hardware for IIoT Mist Computing… at the Edge April 21, 2017 By JC Ramirez “The latest industrial Intel® Atom™ processors are empowering new, small form factor systems—as IIoT hardware optimization using a bottom-up approach gathers momentum.” Much has been written recently about the difficulties with current IIoT implementations, as IIoT continues to expand into the far…