Virtual electronica: Focus on Technical Trends and Innovations

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www.eetimes.eu, Nov. 04, 2020 – 

The virtual electronica (Nov. 9–12) will focus on major technical trends in the industry. Show organizer Messe München highlights some of these trends below in the areas of embedded systems, e-mobility, digitalization through the pandemic, and smart energy.

Embedded systems

Embedded technologies are indispensable for dealing with socio-political challenges such as climate protection, demographic development, or increasing resource efficiency. In key branches of the industry, they also form the basis for most innovations. Embedded systems usually operate with a high degree of autonomy. That applies to recording (sensors) the environment, interacting (actuators) with it, and communicating with other embedded systems or computers. The required functions are increasingly provided by artificial-intelligence and pattern-recognition algorithms.

Data processing takes place in a central data center (cloud) or, more and more frequently, at the point of origin itself (edge computing). The latter is particularly suitable for time- and safety-critical applications but also helps reduce the huge amounts of data to be transferred. In a largely automated, adaptive production environment or in autonomous vehicles, direct processing of the data in the device even proves to be essential, for example, to avoid impending machine failure or accidents. It does, however, require "intelligence" that is specifically tailored to scarce resources.

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