IIoT gateways provide optional smart functions
6 September 2018 Beijer Electronics has announced a series of IIoT gateways, protocol converters and edge controllers that allow users to add optional smart functions. The BoX2 devices… Read More
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Group plans ‘first mass-market Wi-Fi IIoT technology’
9 August 2018 Four companies – Microsoft, Advantech, Behr Technologies (BTI) and Hitachi Solutions America – have joined forces to develop what, they claim, will be “the first… Read More
HMS buys German embedded comms specialist Beck IPC
19 July 2018 Sweden’s HMS Industrial Networks has acquired the German embedded communications specialist Beck IPC for €5m in cash. If Beck IPC achieves defined financial targets, an… Read More
Machine-builders join forces to offer open IIoT platform
13 September 2017 A group of machine-builders and software developers – consisting of DMG Mori, Dürr, Software AG, Zeiss and ASM PT – have formed a strategic alliance… Read More
UK start-up aims to make life easier for IIoT developers
30 March 2017 A new UK company has been created to help systems integrators and IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) developers to market their products faster and at… Read More
IIC publishes guidance on IIoT interoperability
2 March 2017 The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has published its Industrial Internet Connectivity Framework (IICF) – a reference architecture for evaluating connection technologies when designing IIoT systems. Read More
‘Ground-breaking’ technology links legacy devices to IIoT
21 July 2016 The Californian industrial automation manufacturer Opto 22 has released a free firmware update for its Snap PACs (programmable automation controllers) which, it says, will give… Read More
Bodies collaborate on an IP networking standard for IIoT
21 March 2016 LonMark International – the non-profit organisation that enables interoperable systems for products based on the ISO/IEC 14908 standards – has announced plans to develop a… Read More
IIoT-optimised control systems come in three formats
5 August 2015 National Instruments (NI) has announced a new generation of embedded control systems in three formats, based on its open, flexible LabView RIO (reconfigurable I/O) architecture. Read More
Chip ‘will speed move to the Industrial Internet of Things’
30 January 2014 The US-based control networking specialist Echelon has announced a chip designed to provide flexible, cost-effective connections for communities of devices in the Industrial Internet of… Read More
