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OneM2M establishes standard for IoT interoperability

Tue, Jul 02, 2019

Laying the foundations of an interoperable, global internet of things (IoT) ecosystem, the Global Certification Forum (GCF) has announced the immediate availability of its oneM2M certification programme, following an official memorandum of understanding earlier this year with the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA).

The standardisation body for machine to machine (M2M) and the IoT has over 200 partner members including global standards bodies and companies from the IT and telecomms sectors. It says that the advent of 5G and “the prolific growth of IoT connectivity, the oneM2M certification is critical to the standardisation of converging technologies from multiple industries, ensuring scalability, interoperability and security”.

“The launch of our global oneM2M certification programme today means that manufacturers of M2M devices will have access to a simplified interface for all their certification requirements,” said Lars Nielsen, CEO and general manager, Global Certification Forum. “Together with our 5G certification programme, we can now provide a suite of certification solutions for the smart connectivity space that will guarantee the sustained success of IoT deployment as it takes off.”

“The exponential growth of the M2M and IoT market can only succeed with standardisation, which is why we work with partners like GCF and TTA,” said Roland Hechwartner, technical plenary chair at oneM2M. “The availability of this GCF certification programme means a guarantee of seamless operability for developers who are building applications with data from multiple different sources or deploying devices that use a plethora of communication technologies,” he added.

The oneM2M certification from GCF can be applied for at http://onem2m.globalcertificationforum.org.

The Global Certification Forum was founded in 1999. It defines the certification requirements for the mobile industry by working closely with 3GPP, a global co-operation of independent standardisation committees, (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC), that define specifications for wireless standards. It brings together around 140 of the world’s leading manufacturers, operators and the test industry.

oneM2M is the global standards initiative that covers requirements, architecture, API specifications, security solutions and interoperability for M2M and IoT technologies. The initiative was created in 2012 and consists of international standards development organisations: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (U.S.), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (U.S.), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC (Japan), together with industry consortia (CEN, CENELEC, GlobalPlatform, OMA SpecWorks) and over 200 member organisations.

oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support applications and services such as the smart grid, connected car, home automation, public safety, and health. oneM2M actively encourages industry associations and forums with specific application requirements to participate in oneM2M, in order to ensure that the solutions developed support their specific needs.

http://onem2m.globalcertificationforum.org

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Adlink upgrades MCM for system-wide coverage

Tue, Jul 02, 2019

Adlink Technology has upgraded its MCM machine condition monitoring, with the launch of the DataConnect Pro remote facility information dashboard.

The dashboard integrates sensor management, data acquisition, edge platform and vibration analysis. Users can simultaneously monitor multiple system devices, master real-time machine operation information and create effective dynamic preventive maintenance strategies for reduced downtime, and increased production capacity, explains Adlink.

It is designed to accelerate industrial automation, says Tim Juan, chief director for the company’s Smart Factory Business Center. “Adlink aims to help enterprises break through the deadlock and build smart device monitoring applications from the end (device, sensor, gateway) to cloud (Paas, SaaS) to implement more effective equipment failure prevention,” he said

DataConnect Pro is based on powerful Microsoft Azure cloud platform architecture and SaaS services. It provides an expert built-in equipment monitoring system using spectral features for more precise notification, says Adlink. There is no need for additional program development or architecture modification, so that it is easily deployed in multiple fields. As users grow and add new system equipment, the expansion is guided by dashboard-based existing facility information rather than redeployment or reconstruction of the whole system,thus reducing expansion costs.

The integrated design reduces cabling complexity and cost and a minimal footprint allows the system to be installed in closer proximity to monitored equipment

A customised dashboard and alarm rules can be created through intuitive instructions with no need for programming.

Predictive alerts on equipment abnormalities prevent unexpected breakdowns and costly downtime

All users have separate accounts to ensure data security and retention of raw data for future analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Adlink Technology specialises in edge computing. It provides robust boards, platforms and user interfaces, real-time data connectivity solutions and enables industrial computing, such as machine learning via AI-at-the-edge.

Adlink serves customers across vertical markets including manufacturing, networking and communications, healthcare, infotainment, retail, energy, transportation, and government and defence.

http://www.adlinktech.com

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Axiomtek’s PoE embedded vision system delivers AI for IoT

Mon, Jul 01, 2019

For applications in machine vision, edge computing, traffic vision, deep learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) of things, the eBOX671-521-FL is a graphics processing unit (GPU) computing embedded system with four-channel PoE and a MXM 3.1 Type A slot.

The eBOX671-521-FL is powered by the 8th gen Intel Core i7, i5, i3 (Coffee Lake-S) processor with either up to six-core, Intel Pentium processor, or Intel Celeron processor and comes with Intel Q370 or optional Intel C246 chipset.

The fanless embedded GPU-based system is equipped with dual DDR4 error code correction (ECC) /non-ECC SO-DIMM slots for up to 64Gbyte of system memory. The embedded vision system has an optional MXM type A slot for NVIDIA GTX1030 and GTX1050 graphics modules to enhance the performance of the visual display.

The Intel Coffee Lake-based embedded box PC is designed with four Gigabit 802.3at (Power-over-Ethernet or PoE) -compliant Ethernet ports with a power budget of 60W, six USB 3.1 ports and two Gigabit LANs to connect different devices or sensors.

“Axiomtek’s eBOX671-521-FL is dedicated to AI inference, GPU computing, and machine learning and image processing,” explains Janney Lee, a product manager of Product PM Division at Axiomtek. In addition to the expansion options of an internal MXM 3.1 type A connector, two full-size PCI Express Mini Card slots and two SIM slots, there are two swappable SATA HDD drive bays with a height of up to 9.5 mm and one mSATA for RAID 0 and 1 feature, for storage. Lee continues: “We have designed a flexible I/O window slot for incorporating application-oriented I/O functions to meet the requirements of various cases. This embedded vision computer can be mounted using wall or DIN-rail mounting for versatile use in various environments.”

I/O interfaces include two RS-232/422/485, one DVI-I port, one HDMI port, one VGA port, and two DisplayPort outputs through an optional MXM graphics kit. There is also a Phoenix-type VDC power input connector, AT/ATX quick switch, ATX power switch, reset switch, and four SMA-type antenna openings. The four-channel Gigabit PoE embedded vision system supports a 24V DC power input with power protection.

The eBOX671-521-FL supports Windows 10 IoT and Linux operating systems and supports Axiomtek’s AXView 3.0 software for smart device monitoring and remote management in the industrial IoT world.

http://www.axiomtek.com

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Capacitive touch controllers increase SNR for EMI qualification

Fri, Jun 28, 2019

Three maXTouch touchscreen controllers have been introduced by Microchip, together with optimisation services which address the EMI and EMC challenges of automotive touchscreens.

The MXT1067TD, MXT1189TD and MXT1665TDTD family of touch controllers have a differential mutual signal acquisition method that significantly increases the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), explains Microchip. This allows the use of very thick glass or plastic cover lenses and multi-finger thick gloved touch support up to the equivalent of 4.5mm polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

The touchscreen controllers are cost-optimised for nine- to 13-inch automotive touchscreens and are complemented by the recently introduced MXT449TD, MXT641TD, MXT2113TD and MXT2912TD devices supporting up to 20-inch touchscreens. Each addresses aspects of functional safety features and is designed in accordance with the Automotive SPICE Level 3 capability and ISO 26262 automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) B requirements.

The latest and existing controllers in the TD family have a waveform shaping capability to optimise the performance of the touch controller’s radiated emissions through an EMI optimisation tool. Developers can enter user-defined RF limits and tune the shape of the transmitted burst waveform used for the touch-sensing acquisition.

Waveform shaping is achieved through firmware parameters derived from the tool and helps designers to position the fundamental burst frequency to work together with other in-vehicle applications, such as the remote keyless entry system. The parameters are added to the maXTouch configuration file, which customises the touch controller performance to the customer design.

This process can save the designer many hours, or even weeks, of expensive EMC test chamber time, explains Microchip, by eliminating experimentation with different configuration settings to achieve the desired EMI/EMC performance.

Target applications for the touchscreen controllers are centre stack displays and navigation systems; they are also suitable for industrial automation and manufacturing stations.

An evaluation kit is available for each of the parts: ATEVK-MXT1067TDAT-A (I2C), ATEVK-MXT1189TDAT-A (I2C), ATEVK-MXT1189TDAT-C (SPI), ATEVK-MXT1665TDAT-A (I2C) and ATEVK-MXT1665TDAT-C (SPI). Each kit includes a PCB with the maXTouch touchscreen controller, a touch sensor on a clear glass lens, the flat printed circuit (FPC) to connect to the sensor and a bridge PCB to connect the kit to the host computer via USB, as well as cables, software and documentation. All parts are compatible with maXTouch Studio, a full software development environment to support the evaluation of maXTouch touchscreen controllers.

The maXTouch EMI optimisation service will be made available as part of the system support provided by one of Microchip’s worldwide application design centres.

The MXT1067TD, MXT1189TD and MXT1665TD devices are available now in sampling and volume quantities in TQFP128 (MXT1067TD only) and LQFP144 packages.

http://www.microchip.com

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OneM2M establishes standard for IoT interoperability

Adlink upgrades MCM for system-wide coverage

Axiomtek’s PoE embedded vision system delivers AI for IoT

Capacitive touch controllers increase SNR for EMI qualification

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