What is the application of industrial embedded systems with embedded technology?
Among the application technologies of the Internet of Things, embedded technology is crucial. However, at least 60% of people do not understand what is embedded technology. The arrival of the Internet of Things era, whether it is from industry applications, or the outbreak of intelligent hardware, or embedded technologies such as big data, has achieved unprecedented development.
To put it simply, embedded technology is application-centric, based on computer technology, and the software and hardware can be tailored. It is suitable for application-specific computer system technologies that have strict requirements on function, reliability, cost, volume, and power consumption. Embedded system is a complete computer system including hardware and software. Its definition is: "Embedded system is application-centric, based on computer technology, and software and hardware can be tailored. It is suitable for application systems to function, Dedicated computer systems with strict requirements on reliability, cost, volume, and power consumption. "The computers used in embedded systems are special microprocessors embedded in the controlled objects, but the functions are more specialized than general-purpose computers. It has a special computer system specially designed for a certain aspect, suitable operation speed, high reliability and lower comparative cost.
To give a simple example, your smartphone is actually an embedded system. Its system is configured with some hardware such as storage, CPU, and battery. However, considering the power consumption, a system is specially customized for the smartphone. Imagine if the smartphone still uses the CPU of the desktop computer, then the final product would have to cost dozens of pounds. Can anyone buy such a phone? Therefore, an embedded system is a system customized for product needs.
Embedded technology originates from the single-chip technology and is the core of various digital electronic and electromechanical products. It is mainly used to realize the control, monitoring or management of hardware devices. About 90% of the development in all walks of life for computer applications entering the 21st century will involve embedded development. The annual growth rate of the global embedded software market exceeds 12.5%, and the annual industrial output value brought by embedded systems reaches one trillion US dollars. The embedded software industry will maintain a compound annual growth rate of more than 40% in the next three years.
A mature embedded engineer basically needs to understand, application development, low-level development, of course, there will be many, many more. The application prospects of embedded systems are very broad, and Timon technology is more involved in the control of embedded systems in the industrial field.
Industrial automation equipment based on embedded chips will achieve considerable development. There are already a large number of 8, 16, 32-bit embedded microcontrollers in use. Networking is the main way to improve production efficiency and product quality, and reduce human resources Industrial process control, digital machine tools, power systems, power grid security, power grid equipment monitoring, petrochemical systems. As far as traditional industrial control products are concerned, low-end models often use 8-bit microcontrollers. However, with the development of technology, 32-bit and 64-bit processors have gradually become the core of industrial control equipment, and will surely achieve considerable development in the next few years.
Industrial equipment is the largest category of electromechanical products. Among the current industrial control equipment, industrial control machines are widely used. These industrial control machines generally use industrial-grade processors and various devices, among which the X86 MPU is the most. The requirements for industrial control are often high, requiring a variety of device interfaces. In addition to real-time control, the device status and sensor information must also be displayed on the display screen in real time.
These 8-bit microcontrollers cannot be satisfied. Most of the previous 16-bit processors used. With the rapid development of processors, the current 32-bit and 64-bit processors gradually replaced 16-bit processors, further improving system performance. . The system using PC104 bus is small, stable and reliable, and is favored by many users. However, these industrial control computers often use DOS or Windows systems. Although they have embedded features, they cannot be called pure embedded systems. In addition, in terms of industrial controllers and device controllers, it is the world of various embedded processors.
These controllers often use more than 16-bit processors. Various MCUs, Arm, Mips, and 68K series processors occupy the core position in the controller. These processors provide abundant interface bus resources, which can be used for data collection, data processing, communication, and display. Recently, Philips and ARM jointly launched a 32-bit RISC embedded controller, which is suitable for industrial control. It adopts the most advanced 0.18 micron CMOS embedded flash memory processing technology. The operating voltage can be as low as 1.2 volts. Manufacturing costs are an extremely cost-effective solution for end users in the industrial sector.
Embedded technology is especially important in industrial control and belongs to the core link of control. Timon technology continuously optimizes embedded systems and strives to create a high-performance, high-reliability, non-traditional industrial control device for users.
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