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Mitsubishi Electric's Edge Computing Solution Powered by Wind River VxWorks
技术
- 分析与建模 - 边缘分析
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 边缘计算平台
适用行业
- 海洋与航运
- 可再生能源
适用功能
- 维护
- 产品研发
用例
- 边缘计算与边缘智能
- 雾计算
服务
- 硬件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
挑战
2018年，公司推出了第一条专为边缘计算设计的工业硬件产品——MELIPC系列。 MELIPC 有两个主要的发展目标：一个是提供专门支持三菱电机推动的边缘计算类型的硬件。另一个是为设备控制领域引入先进的视觉技术等功能，该技术一直难以推向市场。
MELIPC 是三菱电机为边缘计算创建的第一款硬件产品。 MELIPC 系列的旗舰计算机 MI5000 将实时设备控制与高速数据收集、处理、诊断和反馈结合在一台机器中，从而节省工厂占地面积并降低构建 IIoT 系统的成本。
为实现这一目标，开发团队需要一个实时控制平台，将实时控制与经过验证的分析和诊断应用程序灵活集成。
客户
三菱电机公司
关于客户
全球领先的工厂自动化 (FA) 应用电子硬件供应商三菱电机公司认为，边缘计算是 IIoT 的基石。
解决方案
三菱电机为计算机的控制平台选择了 VxWorks® 实时操作系统，该操作系统可实现工厂自动化的基本控制性能。 VxWorks 允许 MI5000 在单一解决方案中提供实时设备控制和边缘计算。
高速 CPU 性能和高实时性能的结合使系统能够在实时管理物联网设备的同时收集数据，边缘计算应用使数据分析变得快速和容易。
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