With the development of "Industry 4.0" and "Made in China 2025", industrial control equipment, as the core equipment of intelligent manufacturing, has undergone some new changes. For the era of intelligent manufacturing, these changes play a decisive role.
The fourth industrial revolution dominated by intelligent manufacturing is an intelligent system that integrates large computers, communication and control technologies. In the future, IPCs will break through the existing technical architecture and form a new generation of IPCs, which are characterized by more open system architecture, higher integration, functional modularity, and machine intelligence. provide important support for the construction of intelligent systems.
The core of intelligent manufacturing lies in the collection, aggregation and circulation of information. In order to meet this demand, in addition to the role of the original automation machine, the future industrial computer also needs to integrate software and firmware to connect (connect to the decision center) and connect (collect and convert data streams of different interfaces), and connect the needs of service terminals in series. ecological chain. Customers are no longer satisfied with just accepting a single product, but prefer manufacturers to provide overall solutions centered on IPCs, which will inevitably change the service model of the entire IPC industry. Obviously, with the computer as the core, the use of cloud computing, cloud storage and other information technologies to build a complete intelligent manufacturing system solution oriented to industry applications will be more favored by users.
With the promulgation of "Made in China 2025" and the continuous advancement of the intelligent manufacturing industry, CNC, robotics, aerospace, ships, rail transit, energy saving and new energy, electrical equipment and agricultural equipment will all become the main battlefield of industrial computers. With the continuous expansion of the application field of industrial computer, the requirements for its customization and specialization continue to improve. There are great differences among various industries, and traditional general-purpose industrial computers cannot meet the needs of all industries. At the same time, in the industry, in order to highlight its own advantages and reflect the core competitiveness, it is not appropriate to adopt similar solutions. Therefore, the professional embedded qualitative chemical control computer for the industry is the inevitable result of the development of the industry.
According to data analysis, the future embedded system will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.4%, and the market capacity will reach 233.13 billion US dollars by 2021. Functionally, the market can be divided into four major segments, namely stand-alone, real-time, network and mobile. Real-time embedded systems market share**.
By microcontroller type, the market can be divided into small, medium and large embedded systems. Medium-sized embedded systems hold the largest share of the global market.
In terms of types, embedded systems are divided into embedded hardware and embedded software. Embedded hardware dominates the market.
In terms of application, the market is divided into seven segments, namely: automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, industrial, consumer electronics, aerospace and defense, and others. The market share of the automotive industry is the largest, accounting for more than 18%.
Geographically, the global embedded systems market is segmented into four major regions, namely North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the rest of the world. North America occupies the largest share of the global market, reaching more than 36%.
Compared with traditional industrial computers, the advantages of embedded industrial computers are mainly reflected in four aspects: good product function adaptability, miniaturization of devices, high reliability requirements, and ultra-low power consumption fanless design. The rapid development of embedded industrial computer has replaced traditional industrial computer products in many fields. Manufacturing industry, process control, aerospace, military equipment, etc. are all application fields of embedded industrial computer. But even so, the embedded industrial computer can not completely replace the traditional industrial computer.
First of all, the position of the embedded industrial computer in the entire measurement and control system is often at the front end. The upward connection of the embedded industrial computer is often the traditional industrial computer. The computing power, software resources, and database support of the traditional I control computer are all Embedded industrial computer is difficult to reach.
Secondly, in the construction of large-scale systems, the system expansion capability and network communication capability of traditional industrial computers are also difficult to replace with embedded industrial computers.
*** , In the fields of visual design, process monitoring, data statistics, scientific computing, prototype simulation design, and in-loop simulation, traditional industrial computers have inherent advantages.
