In the era of Industry 4.0, massive data resources including product data, equipment data, research and development data, industrial chain data, operation management data, and consumer data are generated in the process of industrial manufacturing’s transformation to intelligence. The industrial storage products known as the “industrial heart” provide a powerful storage medium support for such a huge amount of information data. In this context, what are the solutions of Advantech industrial storage, and what are the development trends in the future? Take this opportunity to interview Huang Wenxia, product manager of Advantech Embedded Internet of Things platform business group, to further understand the industrial storage products created by Advantech.

In the era of Industry 4.0, Advantech industrial storage is born

DS200TCPDG2BEC “Advantech focuses on industrial computer solutions, but in fact the three major suites inside memory, storage, and power are important parts of the whole machine. Advantech has been in the industry for 40 years. In the early days, we found that there were few pure industrial storage brands in the market, so Advantech began to make its own storage segmentation modules with industrial quality.” Huang Wenxia told reporters, “In the industrial automation scenario, more and more intelligent equipment, its data storage is getting larger and larger, and the durability, reliability, security and other requirements for storage are also getting higher and higher.” With more than ten years of market experience, Advantech has developed more outstanding industrial storage solutions and provided a full range of product support and value-added services.”

According to Huang Wenxia, Advantech’s “Fixed Bom” feature locks the important bill of materials of the product, ensuring the consistency of product quality and more effectively ensuring the compatibility and reliability of the product. In addition to the use of “Fixed Bom” DS200TCPDG2BEC fixed material number to create products, Advantech industrial storage in response to a variety of working temperature, pressure changes, harsh conditions and other harsh industrial environment problems, but also has its own unique research and development ideas.

Advantech Industrial Storage SQFlash series support abnormal power failure protection

Advantech SSD SQFlash series products, the main “abnormal power failure protection function”, the product will show different levels of power failure protection function in different industry applications. In the power supply design, the product optimizes the power failure protection circuit of the hardware design, such as the power supply timing design, the compatibility design of the motherboard platform, etc. At the same time, in the test, Advantech factory abnormal power failure test up to more than 3,000 times. For customers with higher requirements, Advantech also has enterprise-class standard power failure protection function, and customized tantalum capacitor design on the product to effectively ensure a higher level of power failure protection.

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Advantech Industrial Memory SQRAM series with 30 u “gold finger heavy gold reinforcement

Advantech memory bar SQRAM DS200TCPDG2BEC product series. The gold finger part of the product interface is reinforced with industrial grade 30u “gold plating process to prevent wear caused by frequent insertion and removal. At the same time, when dealing with the scene of strong vibration, there will be a customized reinforcement plate type, the product is fixed on the board through the fixed hole, and the shock resistance is carried out by means of dispensing. In addition, when dealing with various wide temperature working scenarios, Advantech memory products also provide different temperature solutions, such as -40°C~125°C for vehicle gauge level, -40°C~85°C for industrial gauge level and other products.

Advantech Industrial storage, comprehensive solutions for industrial applications

Huang Wenxia said that the biggest feature of Industry 4.0 is data transmission and the connection between equipment and the cloud Internet, the reduction of labor and the increase of intelligence. Advantech Industrial Storage has many relevant cases in industrial automation. For example, arm robots in intelligent industrial manufacturing, cold chain robots in cold chain logistics, and boiler robots in heavy industry steel plants. The arm robot requires all-weather uninterrupted work, in the case of 7×24 hours of work, it is required that the machine can work stably and safely, and can not break down in the case of abnormal power failure. In addition, high-precision operations also require storage of highly DS200TCPDG2BEC reliable data read and write capabilities. In the cold chain logistics and high boiler room scenarios, Advantech storage needs to provide solutions for low or ultra-high temperature environments, such as -40°C to 85°C, and even up to 125°C.

Advantech Industrial storage is not limited to industrial automation applications, but also includes smart medical equipment, intelligent transportation, aerospace and so on. In the medical field, due to the high standards and access conditions of the medical market, the requirements for products are also high. Take imaging ultrasound or medical surgical robots as an example, they have high requirements for product accuracy and fast data transmission, and greater storage capacity, such as 2TB NVMe SSD.

In addition, Advantech also has a corresponding product layout in the field of intelligent transportation. Industrial unmanned driving has a high demand for shock resistance and three defenses. For example, the unmanned driving of the mine needs to meet the dustproof and seismic requirements, and the functions of moisture-proof and anti-corrosion are more emphasized in the unmanned transport applications in the sea. Advantech Industrial Storage’s customized hardened series of SSD and DRAM products can ensure that products can work properly in this harsh environment.

Never forget the original intention, Advantech Industrial storage continues to innovate and iterate

From the perspective of the future development trend, the competition of product specifications and functional iterations is becoming more and more important, and large-capacity upgrades are bound to be the mainstream of industrial storage; The second is the data transmission speed, with the platform upgrade, SSD has begun to move towards PCIe4.0/5.0, the product will have stronger performance; Finally, when the device is connected to the cloud, the data encryption and security requirements will become higher and higher.

In the next 3-5 years, Advantech will continue to deepen the traditional industrial control industry on the one hand, on the other hand, it will also expand more new industry opportunities, such as new energy, robotics, 5G communication, and persevere in exploring future industry changes and updates.