Modern PLC vs. Edge Controllers

Modern PLC vs. Edge Controllers

This article’s images are sourced from: AutomationDirect Author | Damon Purvis In the past, PLCs and HMIs were primarily used for real-time control; now, they can perform more tasks, easily enabling data analysis and other requirements through edge computing technology. Today, consumers are more eager than ever to choose products that meet their needs from … Read more

How Does PLC Communicate with HMI? [Essential Knowledge]

How Does PLC Communicate with HMI? [Essential Knowledge]

When we are establishing communication between HMI and PLC, we need to address a key issue, which is the parameter settings for the communication connection between HMI and PLC. This is a common question among many learners and is a focal point of our study. The communication between the touchscreen and PLC can be divided … Read more

How Hot is Edge AI?

How Hot is Edge AI?

AI, including generative AI, is migrating to edge devices at an unprecedented pace, transitioning from the initial exploration of AIoT to a true era of edge AI. This shift is causing a seismic change in the embedded industry. How hot is edge AI? At the embedded exhibition, all manufacturers introduced their edge AI-related products. Let’s … Read more

Optimization of Wireless Sensor Network Node Locations (Matlab Implementation)

Optimization of Wireless Sensor Network Node Locations (Matlab Implementation)

Click the top left corner to follow us Gift to Readers In the wonderful world of coding research, we can gain many unique insights. From the perspective of algorithm optimization, it is like carefully polishing a piece of art; each refinement of the code and improvement of the algorithm is akin to removing impurities, making … Read more

The Next Frontier of IoT After the Popularization of Smart Homes

The Next Frontier of IoT After the Popularization of Smart Homes

Smart speakers that converse with humans, smart lights that sense human presence, autonomous vacuum robots, and remotely controlled smart power strips… these consumer-grade IoT devices have already integrated into our lives. In addition, many IoT devices are being applied in various production scenarios such as industry and agriculture, including temperature and humidity sensors in the … Read more

When Will Apple and Huawei Join Forces? The Global Smart Home Standard is About to Launch, Unveiling 14 Chinese Players

When Will Apple and Huawei Join Forces? The Global Smart Home Standard is About to Launch, Unveiling 14 Chinese Players

“The Matter standard has already become an essential attribute for any new (smart home) product.” Author | Cheng Qian Editor | Xinyuan Is the smart home industry’s transformative Matter standard finally about to be implemented? In March of this year, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) revealed on its official blog that the Matter standard 1.0 … Read more

The Era of New Infrastructure Has Arrived, but the Battle for Smart Homes Has Yet to Begin!

The Era of New Infrastructure Has Arrived, but the Battle for Smart Homes Has Yet to Begin!

By/Salon Team Edited by/Dai Xihai, Salon Jun 27 years ago, the United States launched a cross-century project plan called the “National Information Infrastructure”. It is also known by the familiar name – the Information Superhighway. The deep-seated reason for the launch of the Information Superhighway was that the traditional telephone business in the U.S. had … Read more

We Experienced an Apple Smart Home Apartment and Discovered Several Truths About HomeKit

We Experienced an Apple Smart Home Apartment and Discovered Several Truths About HomeKit

At the entrance, there is a password lock on the door handle, and as long as the phone has power, it can issue commands to Siri; stepping into the foyer, saying “I’m home” to Siri lights up the lights throughout the house, and the air purifier’s fan starts to run smoothly—this is a preset HomeKit … Read more

Yingstone’s Strategy for Embodied Intelligence: The ‘iPhone Moment’ for Smart Homes Awaits

Yingstone's Strategy for Embodied Intelligence: The 'iPhone Moment' for Smart Homes Awaits

As the next wave of artificial intelligence, the era of “embodied intelligence” arrives, the “iPhone moment” for smart homes will also come as expected. Author: Su YiEditor: Zi Qi At the end of 1983, the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov was contacted by the Toronto Star in Canada, inviting him to predict what the … Read more

Orvibo CEO Wang Xionghui: The Underlying Logic of a Smart Home Pioneer

Orvibo CEO Wang Xionghui: The Underlying Logic of a Smart Home Pioneer

Time carves the footprints of strivers. Founded just 9 years ago, Shenzhen Orvibo Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Orvibo”) has entered the listing guidance period and plans to go public on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board next year. This technology innovation company rooted in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a passionate and … Read more