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Event Monitor vs SBC in Real-Time Applications |
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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There are pros and cons associated with any potential solution. This article presents justifications for a dedicated IO-EVENT SERVER versus a custom Single-Board Computer to monitor, log, and trigger events in a real-time manufacturing process. The specific client-example monitors items passing through an oven at random intervals on a conveyor belt. Client requires temperature monitoring, logging, and emergency notification if the temperature changes too rapidly within any given period of time. Client will be using a dedicated infrared temperature sensor to scan items as they pass a predetermined point in the oven. Temperature refresh rate is 165ms. While the client does not want all data reading stored all the time, there is a requirement to back-log data readings for several seconds/minutes before an extreme change-in-temperature event occurs. Our proposed solution would buffer all readings for the client’s backlog period (say, 15 minutes) and continue to overwrite UNLESS an event occurs, in which case the back-log data will be stored in the permanent log. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006 |
 (SKU 101-01900) Time to put the "work" back into "network." The Giga JetNet-24 PoE delivers unsurpassed bandwith using its Gibabit Ethernet ports, plus provides up to 170 Watts (max. 15.4W per port) of power to 24 remote Power-Over-Ethernet devices. This superstar does the work of three switches: provides faultless Ethernet connectivity to 2 dozen devices, enables 1000 Mbps Ethernet backbone, and acts as a power plant for all those devices! |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 September 2006 )
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Military-Grade Communications
