Modern industrial control systems use a massive number of sensors and actuators for data acquisition and control, and these devices all require data transmission and power. With the common adoption of wireless networking in factory automation, and in order to provide mobility and fast control network access for additional devices, design engineers have to find the balance between communication reliability and power consumption on top of industrial control functionality.

With Advantech’s broad range of Intel® Atom™-based industrial motherboards, embedded single board computers, and industrial computers, design engineers can benefit from power-efficient design and rich I/O to create optimized and customized solutions for motion control, test and measurement, and machine automation applications.