Pneumatics designers have more access to the Industrial Internet of Things

(IIoT) technology, from position sensors on cylinders to system flow sensors

and smart edge gateways. However, the rich data these tools produce also

presents a challenge: How to put this technology to work that makes the

most of opportunities.

THREE REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS FOR PNEUMATICS AND IIoT

COMPARING MAGNETIC CORES FOR POWER INDUCTORS

It is helpful to know how the material properties and geometries

of magnetic cores affect the ability of inductors to store energy

or filter current.

DEVELOPING CONNECTED MEDICAL DEVICES

Super-small radio SoCs are being paired with innovative battery

technologies to bring inexpensive medical electronics online.

As data are increasingly aggregated across manufacturing lines, the

reality of autonomous lines is likely to be reached in the next five

years. Here’s a look at what a typical journey towards autonomous

manufacturing looks like and best practices for how manufacturers

can begin to achieve this. 

THE JOURNEY TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS MANUFACTURING

Designers must look at and characterize the entire

Type-C ecosystem when testing USB4 designs.

HOW TO TEST USB4 DESIGNS

Once headlined as the ‘killer app’ for IIoT, predictive maintenance

has taken a while to find its feet, but progress has in fact been sure

and steady, with some standout examples of successful niches.

IS PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE THE ‘KILLER APP’

OF INDUSTRIAL IoT?

Despite built-in safe-guards, Bluetooth Low Energy IoT

devices are vulnerable to hacks when they communicate

over the air. Here are the basics of the problem.

BREAKING BLE

Tricks of the trade for optimizing the energy consumption of

BLE chips affect memory size, clock speed, operating modes,

and other factors determined during the initial design.

SELECTING THE RIGHT BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY SoC

End users struggle with specific pain points around digital

transformation in the traditional technology stack. While traditional

communication technologies will continue to be in demand, pairing

MQTT with existing offerings can give users a way to evolve.

HOW TO USE MQTT TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES

TO IIoT INTEGRATION

Among the models available to implement the Internet of

Things, two standards bodies, the Industrial Internet Consortium

and oneM2M, offer complementary architectural approaches.

Here’s a look at each, and how they work together.

ARCHITECTURES THAT HELP IMPLEMENT THE

INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS

2 NO, IoT RF RADIATION WON’T CAUSE A PANDEMIC

6

10

14

16

20

26

30

34

38

43

CONTENTS

eeworldonline.com | designworldonline.com 4 • 2020 INTERNET OF THINGS HANDBOOK • APRIL 2020 5