IoT for Industry 4.0

Alma Automotive provides comprehensive consulting and professional services for analysis, design and development of end-to-end  SW and HW for IoT applications.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment. Data and analytics are fueling digital transformation, creating monetization opportunities, improving the customer experience and reshaping industries.

Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing.
Industry 4.0 creates what has been called “smart factory”.

IoT will help early detection of defects and production failures, therefore enabling their prevention and increasing productivity, quality, and agility benefits that have significant competitive value, such as reducing the time to market and managing big data analytics.

Capabilities

• Technological feasibility services
• Project Specification Definition with project management methodologies
• Electronic Boards Design: electronic and mechanical computer-aided design
• FW & SW development: C, C++, Python, JavaScript, QT
• Prototyping: rapid deliverables clostest to the final product
• Device production via full/partial account production, single/multiple batch
• End Of Line Test Equipment: custom test benches and automated testing software

Alma Automotive IoT systems successfully fulfil the industry 4.0
and big data analytics requirements.

case studies

Vending machine

• Handling of multiple equipment hardware configurations
• Data collection for hardware failures, products lifetime, user analystics
• Worldwide connectivityusing LTE
• Data collection for statistics (data analytics)
• Connection with common payment system protocols(MDB, Executive)
• Support for OTA and remote settings management
• User interaction via touchscreen, proximirt sensor and ADA Panel
• Client customization with different attract loop videos, products list, assets
• User authentication with barcodes and NFC readers

EV-Battery Monitoring System

• Handling of multiple equipment hardware configurations
• Data collection for hardware failures and batterylifetime
• Worldwide connectivity using LTE, WiFi and Ethernet
• Common automotive BUS connectivity (CAN BUS)
• Support for OTA and remote settings management
• Industrial connectivity support (RS-232 and RS485)
• Alarm notification for safety reasons
• User analytics for Gamification

Smart Beverage Delivery System

• Retrofit of already installed systems
• Data collection for hardware failures, products lifetime, user analystics
• Beverage quality estimation
• Predictive maintenance
• Energy measures of electric apparatus
• NFC reader for kegs recognition
• Peak&Hold with current closed loop control
• Worldwide connectivity using GPRS/GSM
• BLE 5.0, RS485 and RS232 allows to connect with other boards
• Support for OTA and remote settings management

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