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Future-proof your Industrial IoT applications with TE Connectivity

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The Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, is all about extending the digital transformation of industry. This will go beyond existing machine-to-machine communication by allowing factories, suppliers and customers to share their digital knowledge to attain improvements in safety, quality and efficiency.

Industry 4.0 provides industrial engineers the opportunity to add new capabilities to machines, such as the implementation of predictive maintenance, delivering deeper insights into logistics, and enabling simplified asset monitoring and management.

If you can view, track, monitor and measure big data, you can increase your productivity and effectiveness. For this to happen, you need safe, fast, reliable interconnection to transmit the data and sensors to collect the data.

Our design engineer’s guide will introduce the key hardware technologies and support required to help you move your machines into the world of Internet-connected devices

The anatomy of an Industrial IoT solution

Industrial IOT applications

TE Connectivity works with engineers to push the boundaries of efficiency and productivity — enabling simpler, faster and more economic industrial communications.

TE’s product portfolio supports your IIoT designs with new innovative solutions and tried and tested, reliable ranges to enable a sustainable, productive and connected future.

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Connectors for Industrial IoT

Although much of the focus of the Industrial IoT is on wireless and sensor technology, we shouldn’t overlook the added demands on connectors. Maintaining reliable wired connections will become increasingly difficult with the significant increase in power and data requirements and as new production environments demand increasingly adaptive approaches.

While advances in low power, reliable wireless and sensor technology are enabling the IIOT, we will still rely on wired connections to provide a solid foundation on which this new layer of innovation will depend.

Heat, friction, dust, moisture, humidity, chemicals, vibration, interference, and more. These cables and connectors have to endure a lot, every day. They need to stand up to it all and ensure the continued communication of data - the lifeblood of the connected factory.

Initially, as the IIoT arrives in the modern factory, it might appear more like evolution than revolution. But that means the technologies you choose, including connectors, must be able to adapt to continual change. Your connections will need to be up to speed, as the technology they support keeps progressing.

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Connectors for IIOT white paper

Are your connectors ready for the next level of industrial automation?

Have you considered the new requirements for today’s factory? What about tomorrow’s?

In the Connectors for Industrial IoT white paper, we explore the different options for wired connectivity, alongside the design considerations, the applications, and the advantages and disadvantages of each so you can find a robust, reliable solution to support your next wave of Industry 4.0 innovation.

Inside you’ll learn more about:

How the latest generation of RJ45s can improve simplicity and speed of implementation
When to choose USB, mini I/O, RJ45, M8, M12, heavy duty connectors or hybrid connectors
Which connectors to choose to integrate power, signals and data into a single assembly so you can simplify design, installation and maintenance
The ideal modular connectors for robotics and automation applications
Which options to consider when space is of prime concern

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Sensing at scale: The future of sensors in the Industrial IoT

Force, position, pressure and temperature sensors are widely used in industrial automation and control applications. And to enable the IIoT, these will be deployed in even greater numbers. Operating at such scale will require further restrictions in size, power consumption and reliability. It’s these factors that are driving much of the development in this area.

There’s also a trend towards digital output sensors, which provide easier-to-communicate data, straight from the source.

In this whitepaper, we explore the ways in which sensors are evolving, current and future applications, and the benefits (and opportunities) they’re unlocking.

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Sensors for IIoT white paper

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) will allow manufacturers to make just-in-time decisions that optimise the entire manufacturing supply chain.

The valuable information sensors can provide around predictive maintenance, asset management, and automated logistics can help make production processes faster, leaner and more cost-efficient.

In the Sensors for Industrial IoT white paper, we discuss key trends such as the evolution of industrial sensing from analogue to digital, and explore the key selection criteria for different sensor types so that data captured on the factory floor can be used effectively.

Inside you’ll learn more about:

How digital sensors can resolve industrial engineering challenges such as lower power and space requirements, and the need to capture different kinds of data faster than ever before
Sensor selection for Industrial IoT applications
Design considerations and options available for measuring temperature, pressure, force and position
The benefits of measuring multiple parameters in a single sensor

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Which way to go? Wireless options for the Industrial IoT

With autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) already in production environments, wireless is increasingly becoming a topic that industrial engineers need to deal with. Many solutions, such as 4G cellular networks and IEEE 802.11 WLAN, have been driven by consumer and office needs, as opposed to being designed to meet industrial requirements. Additionally, the bandwidth for the upcoming 5G standard (which is seen as a key IIoT enabler) is currently being allocated.

Wireless, low-power asset tags are also a consideration - allowing items to be tracked from delivery to the factory door, through the full production process, and out the other side.

When it comes to antennas, innovative solutions are required that are both optimal in their radio functionality and able to withstand harsh environmental conditions. At their simplest this could be a single element antenna, possibly a chip-antenna or designed into a flexible printed circuit (FPC). Radio solutions that use multiple-input, multiple-output (MiMo) antennae are also becoming an essential element of wireless connectivity.
With so many different technologies, each opening up different opportunities and applications, you’ll need a guide to help you decide the right route for you.

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Wireless for IIOT white paper

Antennas are the backbone of any wireless solution. As requirements for wireless applications in factories grow, industrial design engineers need to be versed in the different challenges that antenna integration poses.

In the Wireless for Industrial IoT white paper, we explore the key design challenges that affect antenna and protocol selection, as well as the different antenna types and the advantages and disadvantages of each, so you can ensure your wireless system performance is never compromised.

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