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How to Use Linux in Industrial Automation (.pdf)
The Linux OS can be found in many unexpected places in our daily lives. From GPS navigators to smart phones, countless devices now run the Linux kernel. As a free and open-source solution, Linux offers some advantages compared to Windows. Is this open-source OS relevant for industrial automation
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From the palm of the hand to the backbone of the factory
sports two built-in card slots for a CompactFlash card (GPS, scanner, Bluetooth, WLAN, modem), and SD/MMC memory cards. Casio says the device is powerful enough to handle image viewing, video and audio record and playback, speech and handwriting recognition, as well as typical business applications
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Smart Computing Article - Energy Star to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
where the caller is (based on distance from the cellular towers) or by locating the caller based on a GPS (Global Positioning System) device in the phone handset itself. The implication of this is that callers must be located within 150 meters using the handset technology or 300 meters using
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Smart and Synchronized Substation Automation with IEEE 1588v2 Embedded Computers
tree architecture on the network to avoid cyclical dependencies. Global Positioning System (GPS): GPS satellites orbiting the earth use highly accurate atomic clocks. Satellite signals carrying timekeeping information can travel at the speed of light to receivers on the ground. These light-speed
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Robotic road racers
the race, the team is confident the others will be able to take up the slack. Sensors include a GPS, an inertial measurement unit with six degrees of freedom, wheel-speed detectors, four ladars and radar, and a stereo camera pair and a monocular vision system. They acquire data at between 10 and 100 Hz
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SPC-0201 Used in Unmanned Substations (.pdf)
and control host computers, communication administration. computers, Modems, GPS clock setters and acquisition and control units. Web server. Host. Host. Control. Control. Server. Server. Work. Work. Station. Station. Single or. Dual. Networks. Modem. SPC-0204. GPS Clock. Modem. SPC-0204 (Standby) GPS Clock
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Is Embedded Computing for You?
be converted into different formats as required by the central management software. For example, the embedded computer could convert the readings from a heart monitor into a spreadsheet-friendly format. Advances in technology, such as cellular communication and GPS, have improved the efficiency
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Discover the NI PXI Advantages- Extensive Product Portfolio
and a variety of modular instruments, you can develop systems for applications requiring precise synchronization. In addition to the signal-based methods of synchronizing PXI and PXI Express, these systems have many synchronization methods using absolute time. A variety of sources including GPS, IEEE