EtherCAT, Industry 4.0, and IoT Empower Digital Transmission

EtherCAT, Industry 4.0, and IoT Empower Digital Transmission

Process optimization, predictive maintenance, manufacturing services, adaptive systems, resource savings, smart factories, and cost reduction—there are limitless benefits to adopting control network data at higher-level systems. The Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and China Manufacturing 2025 all mention that seamless, continuous, and standardized communication is universally required across various levels. Sensor data is uploaded … Read more

Driving Next-Gen Factory Automation with Hongke Port’s GOAL Middleware and RENESAS RZ/T2M

Driving Next-Gen Factory Automation with Hongke Port's GOAL Middleware and RENESAS RZ/T2M

Background Today’s industrial automation requires faster and more precise motor control, as well as timely and seamless communication through next-generation industrial Ethernet, including PROFINET-RT, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, POWERLINK, OPC UA, and TSN time-sensitive networks such as PROFINET CC-D / CC-Link IE TSN. The GOAL middleware launched by Hongke’s partner Port, combined with the new generation RENESAS … Read more

How to Achieve Efficient Communication Between ECUs via Switches?

How to Achieve Efficient Communication Between ECUs via Switches?

Click the above 👆 “Automotive Electronics Tool Wisdom Library” to follow the subscription account and set it asStarred⭐ to get more real-time content updates. In today’s smart vehicles, the number of in-vehicle ECUs (Electronic Control Units) is increasing, ranging from dozens to hundreds. Faced with such a complex network communication scenario, the switch has become … Read more

VxWorks: A Journey of Innovation

VxWorks: A Journey of Innovation

VxWorks: A Journey of Innovation From ensuring the safety of life-support devices to guiding spacecraft for interstellar exploration, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) form the core foundation of modern embedded systems. In this field, Wind River’s VxWorks has consistently led the wave of innovation, continuously adapting to the increasingly complex and diverse industry demands. Outstanding Performance, … Read more

Research on 5G-TSN Integrated Networking Technology and Deployment Scheme for Industrial Scenarios

Research on 5G-TSN Integrated Networking Technology and Deployment Scheme for Industrial Scenarios

Table of Contents | Issue 5, 2025 Special Topic: Wireless Communication Technologies for the Industrial InternetObservations and Trend Analysis of 6G International StandardsAnalysis of Deterministic Short-Range Wireless Networking and Applications for IndustryMethods for Simplified Transmission and Organization of Industrial Networks with Reduced System EntropyReview of Research on Deterministic Networks Integrating Wired and Wireless for the … Read more

RT-Thread BSP v1.9.0 Released | Focus on Optimization

RT-Thread BSP v1.9.0 Released | Focus on Optimization

Dear friends,We are pleased to announce that the RT-Thread BSP v1.9.0 has been officially released. This release focuses on the following user-requested directions: Optimization and enhancement of drivers Support for the new <span>HPM6P00</span> series TSN network examples Version updates (compared to BSP v1.6.0) Adapted to <span>hpm_sdk v1.9.0</span> Added support for <span>HPM6P00EVK</span> development board Upgraded <span>CherryUSB</span> … Read more

TSN Frame Preemption Testing: Creating a ‘Green Channel’ for Data Transmission

TSN Frame Preemption Testing: Creating a 'Green Channel' for Data Transmission

Introduction: In complex and dynamic fields such as automotive and industrial control, the timeliness and determinism of data transmission are crucial. In scheduling shaping mechanisms like TAS or CQF, different priority services are mapped to different queues, ensuring that high-priority services are not interfered with by low-priority services during transmission, thus guaranteeing end-to-end low latency … Read more

Research on the Development of Multi-domain Electronic and Electrical Architecture Technology for Intelligent Connected Vehicles

Abstract With the rapid development of vehicle intelligence and connectivity technologies, the traditional electronic and electrical architecture can no longer meet the new demands of the integrated development of vehicles, roads, clouds, and networks in the future. This paper focuses on the multi-domain electronic and electrical architecture of future intelligent connected vehicles, providing a detailed … Read more

How to Achieve Efficient Production in the Era of IoT

How to Achieve Efficient Production in the Era of IoT

☞ This is the 13237th article published by Metal Processing (mw1950pub). Editor’s Note Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and head of the 04 Special Project Group, Lu Bingheng, emphasized sternly at the Fifth World Intelligence Conference: “Producing machine tools like producing cars is absolutely wrong!” He also stated that there is still a … Read more

Analysis of Key Technologies in Edge Computing

Analysis of Key Technologies in Edge Computing

Edge computing integrates technologies from IT, CT, and OT fields, with MEC technology being a representative of the CT field, primarily addressing network connectivity issues. However, in addition to this, edge computing also involves technologies from the IT and OT domains, and MEC technology must work in conjunction with these technologies to enable the practical … Read more