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DIN-rail embedded system caters for sustainable energy data collection

Wed, Apr 26, 2023

Designed with scalability in mind, Axiomtek included storage, wireless module expansions and I/O interfaces in its ICO330 embedded system. The DIN-rail, fanless computer is powered by the Intel Atom x6212RE or x6414RE processor.

The ICO330 has an extended operating temperature range of -40 to +70 degrees C and 9.0V to 36V DC wide power input or a choice of typical 12V / 24V. It is robust and acts as a cost-effective industrial IoT gateway for data collection and communication in the fields of sustainable energy, oil & gas, factory automation, intelligent agricultures and smart buildings.

“With the increasing adoption of connected IoT devices, OT [operating technology] environments are becoming more interconnected and integrated with IT [information technology] systems,” said Mark Lu, product manager of the Product PM division at Axiomtek. The ICO330 provides built-in isolated system design and modular mechanism design, addressing “80 per cent of the environmental requirements in the OT field, reducing the integration time for customers,” he added. It also minimises the cost and system size resulting in significant savings for customers,” he said. With regards to security, the ICO330 supports TPM 2.0 to comply with industry standards.

The IP40-rated ICO330 comes with one DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM with up to 32Gbyte of memory. One mSATA, one internal 2.5 inch SATA drive and onboard 8G eMMC are available to extend storage capacity. In addition, the IIoT gateway comes with an M.2 slot (USB 3.0/PCIe) for 5G connectivity and NVMe storage, a full-size Rev. 1.2 PCI Express Mini Card slot (USB/PCIe) for Wi-Fi/LTE module, and a half-size Rev. 1.2 PCI Express Mini Card slot (mSATA/USB) for wireless module and mSATA SSD.

The cost-conscious embedded system features rich I/O interfaces, including one HDMI, two USB 3.1, and five antenna openings. It also supports three 2.5GbE LAN ports for more Ethernet topology deployment. The modular I/O design affords users flexibility and full/slim configuration options. The ICO330 provides one isolated direct I/O and six isolated COM ports (RS-232/422/485) in the full type or customers can choose the slim model with two isolated COM ports.

The industrial-grade DIN-rail embedded platform is compatible with Windows 10 IoT and Linux to provide an open standard operating system for software program development.

Axiomtek’s industrial-grade DIN-rail embedded system ICO330 will be available in May 2023.

http://www.axiomtek.com

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Open source robot OS is available on iWave’s SBCs

Tue, Apr 25, 2023

Single board computers (SBCs) from iWave are equipped with the open source robot meta operating system ROS 2 on Ubuntu 20.04. The SBCs are powered by i.MX 8QM, i.MX 8M Plus and i.MX 8M Mini applications processors.

The OS performs functions such as hardware abstraction, low level device control, implementation of commonly used functionality, message passing between processes, and package management. ROS also includes tools and libraries for acquiring, constructing, writing, and running code across multiple computers.

Since it was introduced, Ubuntu has been the primary platform for ROS. ROS 2 on Ubuntu 20.04 is now available on the iWave’s portfolio of SBCs which support all necessary interface connectors like Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 connectors, with PCIe ports to provide flexibility and adaptability for a variety of applications. They also have on-board HDMI 2.0, MIPI CSI and MIPI DSI connectors, LVDS ports and audio jack making them suitable for specific video or single processing applications.

Key features of ROS 2

ROS 2 builds on the success of ROS 1 as a standard software platform, used in a wide range of robotics applications around the world today, taking developers from research and prototyping to deployment and production, said iWave.

ROS provides functionality for hardware abstraction, device drivers, communication between processes over multiple machines, tools for testing and visualisation. It is a runtime and communication protocol that allows developers to design complex software without knowing how specific hardware works.

ROS 2 is ready for use across a range of robotics applications, from indoor to outdoor, home to automotive, underwater to space, and consumer to industrial.

The ROS 2 platform runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS, allowing developers to seamlessly deploy on-robot autonomy, back-end management, and user interfaces. The tiered support model enables the introduction and promotion of ports to new platforms, such as real time and embedded operating systems.

The open source OS includes the robotics tools, libraries, and capabilities needed to create applications, with the ability to customise as needed.

Building on a decade of experience establishing ROS 1 for robotics research and development, ROS 2 was designed from the ground up to be industry-grade and used in production, said iWave.

The ROS base code and knowledge can be applied to any robotics platform (e.g. drones, arms, mobile bases) for computation, running SLAM algorithms or implementing remote control. ROS supports digital twinning for robotic simulation and there are also tools like Gazebo which allow developers to create simulations with robots they don’t own.

http://www.iwavesystems.com

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Ryzen Embedded 5000 processors secures ‘always on’ NAS systems

Mon, Apr 24, 2023

Developed for use in ‘always on’ networking firewalls, network attached storage systems and other security applications, AMD’s Ryzen Embedded 5000 series processors is the latest member of the Zen 3-based AMD embedded processor portfolio, joining the Ryzen Embedded V3000 and EPYC Embedded 7000 series families.

The processors are equipped with six, eight, 12 or 16 cores and 24 lanes of PCIe Gen4 connectivity.

The Ryzen Embedded 5000 series processors offer scalability up to 16 cores and 32 threads and up to 64Mbyte of shared L3 CPU cache.

The processors are designed for enterprise reliability to support the consistent uptime requirements needed by security and networking customers, explained AMD. Features include an ECC-supported memory subsystem. The thermal design power (TDP) profile ranges from 65W to 105W, enabling the Ryzen Embedded 5000 processors to reduce the overall system cooling footprint for space-constrained and cost-sensitive applications.

According to Rajneesh Gaur, corporate vice president and general manager, embedded solutions group, AMD: “This expansion of our embedded product portfolio offers a mid-range solution that fills the gap between our low-power BGA Ryzen Embedded and . . . EPYC embedded family for customers requiring both high performance and scalability of up to 16 cores.”

The series consists of the 5950E with 16 cores, the 5900E (12 cores), 5800W (eight cores) and 5600E (six cores) all with 24 PCIe Gen 43 lanes and 3.05 to 3.4GHz CPU base frequency, depending on the model.

The Ryzen Embedded 5000 processors are built on 7nm technology and are currently in production, with planned five-year manufacturing availability.
For more than 50 years, AMD has innovated in high performance computing, graphics and visualisation technologies, says the company.

http://www.amd.com

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Nano-6064 embedded board uses AI

Mon, Apr 17, 2023

The Nano-6064 Nano-ITX embedded board has been developed by Portwell Europe and is based around the Intel Atom x7000E series processors, the Intel processor N series and Intel Core i3 N-series processors. According to Portwell Europe, it empowers IoT edge use cases with AI and real time computing. The Nano-6064 is suitable for healthcare, retail, digital signage and automation applications.

The Nano-ITX form factor measures 120 x 120mm. The processors feature AI acceleration and real time computing with power efficiency, said Portwell. They are tuned for deep learning inference, greater graphics capabilities, hardware virtualisation support and manageability and security, said Portwell. As a result, the Nano-6064 is suitable for a range of IoT edge applications. European Portwell Technology PR-03/2023

The Nano-6064 supports fanless design and, the first time, users can scale up to Intel Core i3 computing within an N-series platform for up to 3.8GHz maximum turbo frequency. The flat / low profile design saves space in system configuration in digital display and compact workstations, such as digital signage and control for use cases in industrial automation and healthcare.

The Portwell Nano-6064 supports non-ECC DDR4 3200MTransfers per second SO-DIMM socket equipped with up to 16Gbyte capacity. Intel UHD graphics are driven by the Intel Xe architecture with up to 32 executive units (EUs) and triple independent displays via DisplayPort, HDMI, and LVDS interfaces.

It also has four USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports for efficient data transmission. There is also support for one M.2 E key and one M.2 B key sockets for system expansions including wireless modules and storage devices. The Nano-6064 is also equipped with dual 2.5GbE LAN connectivity via two RJ-45 ports with Intel TSN (time sensitive networking) and Intel time co-ordinated computing (TCC) technologies to enhance real time computing and processing capabilities.

Portwell is an Associate member of the Intel Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. The company designs and manufactures a range of IPC products (SBC, backplane, redundant power supply, rack mount and node chassis), embedded architecture solutions, DVR system platforms and communications appliances. It also provides complete R&D and project management services to decrease time to market and reduce project risk and cost.

Portwell is also an ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 -certified company that deploys quality assurance through product design, verification and manufacturing cycles.

http://www.portwell.eu

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DIN-rail embedded system caters for sustainable energy data collection

Open source robot OS is available on iWave’s SBCs

Ryzen Embedded 5000 processors secures ‘always on’ NAS systems

Nano-6064 embedded board uses AI

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