PLC System Planning: Full Lifecycle Management Strategy Reduces Equipment TCO by 35%! Introduction Hello everyone! Today, I want to share a secret that can revolutionize factory equipment management—the full lifecycle management strategy for PLC systems.Don’t be intimidated by this technical term, I will explain it in the most relatable way.Trust me, after adopting this method, … Read more
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
In the late night at the substation, cameras silently rotate. In the past, these devices could only record footage, waiting for manual inspections; now, with the help of edge AI video recognition technology, they can capture hazards such as equipment overheating, insulator breakage, and foreign object intrusion in real-time, issuing alerts within milliseconds. The power … Read more
If we compare a smart car to a “living organism,” then its sensors are its eyes, ears, and skin, responsible for perceiving the world, while the AI model acts as the brain, processing information and making decisions. The key to autonomous driving lies in the perfect combination of these two—perceiving the world, understanding the … Read more
Background and Requirements for Optimized Solutions of Industrial IoT Platforms With the continuous advancement of Industry 4.0, upgrading smart factories has become a key driving force for the transformation of the manufacturing industry. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform serves as an important hub connecting devices, data, and systems, and its optimization and upgrade … Read more
Author: Peng Zhao (Founder of Zhici Fang, Co-Founder of Yunhe Capital)IoT Think Tank Original This is my 365th column article. In the previous article “Tech Giants Enter TinyML, Edge AI Reaches a New Turning Point,” I mentioned that the TinyML Foundation has undergone a rebranding and is now known as the Edge AI Foundation. Recently, … Read more
The migration of AI, including generative AI, to edge devices has raised widespread questions: If cloud or data centers already possess excellent AI inference capabilities that far exceed those of edge devices, why do we still need to deploy edge or on-device AI? Until we realized that automotive ADAS/AD decision-making must prioritize real-time performance; otherwise, … Read more
In the era of Industry 4.0, predictive maintenance of equipment has become an important development direction for the manufacturing industry. I remember when I implemented an equipment management project at a large steel plant last year, the client proposed a seemingly impossible requirement: to use the existing S7-1500 PLC to implement a simple AI algorithm … Read more
Decoding Siemens PLC + AI Industrial IoT Solutions, Full Process Technology from Data Collection to Intelligent Analysis Recently, I participated in a predictive maintenance project for a large steel plant. By combining Siemens S7-1500 PLC with AI technology, we successfully improved the equipment fault prediction accuracy to 93%, saving our clients approximately 2 million yuan … Read more
Exclusive Insights: Siemens PLC Innovations in Industrial IoT Hello everyone, I am Lao Mo. Today we will discuss a hot topic – the application of Siemens PLC in Industrial IoT. With the development of intelligent manufacturing, traditional PLCs are undergoing a significant transformation. As a frontline engineer, I deeply feel the opportunities and challenges brought … Read more