Nov 05, 2024 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Electronics² - Kontron sets new standards

The announcement in January 2024 that Kontron AG would become the majority shareholder of the publicly listed KATEK SE caused a significant stir in the industry. In March 2024, KATEK SE, along with all its associated companies, was acquired...

Oct 17, 2024 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

From Deeply Embedded to Cloud

SERVERS, HMIS, BOX PCS, OR BOARDS—MANY SOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE OFF-THE-SHELF OR AS CUSTOM DEVELOPMENTS WITH A SMALL CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT   Ebbs, October 01, 2024 - Andreas Schlaffer, Head of R&D at Kontron Austria GmbH, explain...

Jun 12, 2024 - Embedded - by Amber Roshay

Overcoming Challenges in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Costs, Training, and Technology Integration

Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is an emerging field that combines robotic technology with surgical precision. While fully automated surgical robots are still under development, RAS systems, where surgeons control robotic arms from a console...

Jun 05, 2024 - Embedded - by Amber Roshay

5 Cutting-Edge Technologies Revolutionizing Surgical Robots

Robots, once considered science fiction, have infiltrated everything from manufacturing to healthcare. Hospitals everywhere are now using robots to greet patients and take active roles in surgical procedures. But what technologies make surg...

May 22, 2024 - Embedded - by Tania Piunno

Exploring the Future of Safety: Insights from AEM 2024 Conference

Welcome to Kontron Connects, your gateway to unlocking industry insights directly from our experts. Dive into our new series and gain a competitive edge as we provide an in-depth analysis of industry trends and invaluable expertise tailored...

May 02, 2024 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

How Kontron contributes to higher patient safety and treatment quality in hospitals

The fragmentation of healthcare data in hospitals: a key problem From MRI and CT scanners to electrocardiograms, oximeters and blood pressure monitors, modern medical devices collect an enormous amount of health data that is often difficul...

Mar 19, 2024 - Embedded - by Ulrike Kunz

Embedded World 2024: Unlocking the Future with our innovative solutions for IoT and Industry 4.0

As every year, there is always a mixture of anticipation and excitement before Embedded World starts. The latest processor technologies and innovations are designed into our products. And then Kontron gets a face at the trade fair with all ...

Nov 07, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

A touch of class

Our motherboard range just got even better Necessity as they say is the mother of all invention. None more so than with motherboards. Which is why Kontron has stepped up with its first ever server-class motherboard.   Kontron hav...

Nov 02, 2023 - Embedded - by Ulrike Kunz

Kontron at SPS 2023 in Nuremberg: Focus on Complete Solutions for Industry

The SPS in Nuremberg is just around the corner again. After the long pandemic drought, the SPS promises to at least return to pre-Corona times in terms of success and attendance. The most important trade fair for the automation industry wor...

Oct 26, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

New Brand Identity at Kontron: Computer Modules ready for 5G and AI Strategy

Peter Müller is Vice President Product Line Modules at Kontron. He explains the company's new strategy and assesses the opportunities it presents. In doing so, he does not leave out current topics and challenges - and gives an outlook on t...

Oct 12, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF COMS: FROM BASICS TO ADVANCED CONCEPTS

Before building your next embedded application, take our bird's eye tour through the dynamic world of standardized Computer-On-Modules    Demand for Computer-on-Modules - largely known as 'COMs' - has risen dramatically...

Oct 05, 2023 - Embedded - by Dipl. Ing. Thomas Dreyer

How Kontron is revolutionizing its visual quality control with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Vision can make a significant contribution to increasing product quality in the manufacturing environment. Kontron has not only put the benefits of AI into practice in customer projects, but is now a...

Sep 28, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Decoding SMARC Modules: Insights for the Modern Engineer

Helping you decide if SMARC™ is the smartest choice for your next project…   The current SMARC 2.1 module specification ensures small form factor COMs can take full advantage of the latest functionality, flexibility, and high-spe...

Jul 20, 2023 - Embedded - by Tania Piunno

Kontron and Blackberry QNX: Delivering Safety and Reliability to Mission-Critical Industries

An embedded system is a computer within a larger system designed to perform a dedicated function. It is an essential component of many of the devices or equipment used in medical imaging systems, industrial assembly lines, and transportatio...

May 24, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Kontron Interview: The Processor with the Power of a Tiger 

Computer-on-Modules, Single Board Computers and Industrial PCs with 11th generation Intel® Core™-i processors   To meet the ever-growing demand for processing power in the digitalized industry, Kontron equips Computer-on-Modules, ...

Apr 19, 2023 - - by Kontron Editorial Team

Computer-on-Modules - the Best Compromise

Martin Unverdorben in conversation with Tobias Schlichtmeier (Elektronik) with courtesy of WEKA Verlag also available here on the Kontron Blog.   As Product Manager, Martin Unverdorben is responsible for Computer-on-Module product fa...

Mar 23, 2023 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles: - Kontron’s System-on-Module and the dezony IQ Charging Station – a success story!

Reducing CO2 emissions and conserving resources are very important to Kontron. Charging EVs with the surplus power from one’s own rooftop is a promising technology. We are proud that our smallest module has made an important contribution ...

Mar 01, 2023 - Embedded - by Ulrike Kunz

Kontron Outlook for Embedded World 2023

The last embedded world was just 7 months ago, so how nice that we are now back to our usual trade show schedule. At the beginning of the year, we give a face to our company at the most important trade fair for us! We show the broad range o...

Jul 07, 2022 - Embedded - by Reiner Grübmeyer

How to facilitate bringing AI into the factory

Computer Vision is currently developing into the first major application scenario for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in production. Together with Kontron, the IT specialist Robotron has created a platform that makes it much easier to scale AI...

Jun 16, 2022 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Sustainable Business – Making It Happen

Kontron Austria takes responsibility – from green power to organic cafeteria At Kontron Austria, the sustainability concept is reflected in a wide variety of projects. Since late 2021, for instance, the company has been running on eco-fr...

May 24, 2022 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Next-generation technologies will bring greater innovation and growth

  Guest contribution by  Hannes Niederhauser CEO at S&T Group | Executive Board Member at S&T AG and Kontron. While testing times present an array of challenges, rather than hampering progress, they can and have le...

May 12, 2022 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Advantages of the Raspberry Pi and the new product Pi-Tron CM4

Based on an article from Tobias Schlichtmeier, Weka Fachmedien. Holger Wußmann, Managing Director of Kontron Electronics, on the advantages of the Raspberry Pi and the new product Pi-Tron CM4 that will be presented at the Embedded World. ...

May 04, 2022 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Kontron's AI platform with Hailo chip named "Product of the Year“

  The trade magazine "Computer&Automation" has named a Kontron solution one of the "Products of the Year 2022" at its awards ceremony. In the readers' poll, the AI platform based on the Hailo Accelerator chip came third on the win...

Apr 05, 2022 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Redesign as Workaround and Opportunity: An Interview with Jochen Gimple, Vice President ODM/EMS at Kontron

The Kontron ODM/EMS Alliance is a powerful association of medium-scale businesses and a highly qualified partner for redesign of electronic components. Its independent member companies specialize in hardware and software development and are...

Mar 22, 2022 - Embedded - by Sandra Krombacher

Kontron Brings NVIDIA Clara Holoscan MGX Platform to Medical Device Companies

Earlier today, NVIDIA announced the Clara Holoscan MGX platform, a tightly integrated hardware and software AI platform targeted at accelerating the deployment of AI-enabled, software-defined medical devices.    With the incre...

Jan 21, 2022 - Embedded - by Bernhard Günthner

Delivering innovative and ground-breaking solutions for the healthcare sector

There is no denying that modern healthcare innovation has never been as critical as it is now. The global Coronavirus pandemic has clearly shown that skilled personnel remain at the heart of the healthcare sector. As health services cannot ...

Nov 17, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Kontron Expert Talk: Industrial Ethernet Switches

Complex IoT and Industry 4.0 solutions require perfect interaction between hardware, software and connectivity with production systems. As a standardized connectivity solution, industrial switches make an important contribution to this inte...

Oct 21, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

New Developments in Edge Computing

  Guest article: In the second part of the interview with elektronik industrie, Norbert Hauser talks, among other things, about the FabEagle Connect software platform and which product innovations can still be expected from Kontron in...

Oct 14, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Challenges of digital transformation

  Guest article: elektronik industrie interviewed Norbert Hauser, Vice President Marketing at Kontron, about current megatrends – 5G, AI, IioT and the challenges of digital transformation, among other topics.     How ca...

Sep 23, 2021 - Embedded - by Siegfried Zidek

How to Teach a Robot: Become a Robot Expert in Just a Few Steps

  Gluing, assembling, welding, painting, packing, stacking - many of these activities have been taken over by robots. Their use pays off, especially for monotonous routine tasks that would otherwise bind qualified specialists, e.g. wh...

Aug 26, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

The Future is Now - Artificial Intelligence for Industry 4.0

    Norbert Hauser, Vice President Marketing at Kontron on the prospects for HPC and AI   The Corona pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation in all sectors. More and more machines are being integrated into the...

Jul 01, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Accelerated Digital Transformation with Software Toolset, HPC and AI, Part 2

  Courtesy of WEKA-Fachmedien GmbH, Tobias Schlichtmeier   Experts agree: HPC will accelerate AI processes, optimise them and take them to a new level - this will have an impact not least on the IoT environment. According to ...

Jun 24, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Accelerated Digital Transformation with Software Toolset, HPC and AI, Part 1.

  Courtesy of WEKA-Fachmedien GmbH, Tobias Schlichtmeier   Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a very natural part of more and more business processes in just a few years. The ever-increasing hunger for data from application...

Apr 22, 2021 - Embedded - by Reiner Grübmeyer

Artificial Intelligence Detects Scratches and Dents: How Algorithms Check Surfaces

      Increasing productivity and quality are key drivers for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in production. In quality assurance, for example, AI can be used in the area of visual surface analysis to check a sur...

Mar 30, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Complex electronics development relies on regional proximity

  The manufacture of electronics products is currently undergoing a transformation process. OEMs are outsourcing more and more development processes, while at the same time an increasing level of automatization in production is prov...

Mar 18, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

INNOVATIONS WANTED

Norbert Hauser, Vice President Marketing at Kontron     This article is courtesy of elektroniknet.de, the interview was conducted by Tobias Schlichtmeier.   Kontron recently presented its new products at embedded world...

Mar 11, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

How we are experiencing a boost in digitaliSation despite and because of the pandemic

  Today we are pleased to share a blog entry by Florian Haidn, Managing Director from our partner Aaronn Electronic GmbH:   For many of us, more has changed professionally and privately in a short period of time over the past...

Mar 04, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

How Kontron intends to conquer the EMS Market

  The market for Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) is highly competitive and will continue to grow in the future - if only because of increasing digitization. Kontron will actively position itself here with its new subsidiari...

Feb 12, 2021 - Embedded - by Mark Littlefield

What the SOSA™ Consortium means to the defense community

    With wide industry and government backing, the SOSA Consortium was created to collaboratively develop open standards and best practices for high-performance defense sensor systems, with the ultimate goal of lowering costs ...

Feb 04, 2021 - Embedded - by Günther Dumsky

In case of emergencies: Kontron's KISS Rackmount Systems in the Gotthard Base Tunnel

  At 57 kilometers, the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the central Swiss Alps is the longest and, with a rock overburden of up to 2,450 meters, also the deepest underground railway tunnel in the world. If you add all the connecting an...

Jan 19, 2021 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Hannes Niederhauser, CEO S&T AG, on trends 2021: New standards accelerate developments for high-performance computing and safety

  At the beginning of the year, Hannes Niederhauser, CEO of S&T AG, gives an outlook on the trends that await us in the industrial environment this year, in a conversation with the blog editors.   Corona was the dominant ...

Dec 22, 2020 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

Mastering Crises, Seizing Opportunities: A Personal Review of 2020

  As every year, we started 2020 with a lot of momentum, among other things with the preparations for the embedded world Exhibition&Conference. We were really looking forward to presenting our new product highlights, to meeting ...

Dec 16, 2020 - Embedded - by Thomas Stanik

Medical Marvels with Embedded motherboards 

  Embedded motherboards are at the heart of modern medical lab research and patient care systems – making the right choice is mission-critical        The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our live...

Nov 26, 2020 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

A SMARC move – With the release of the SMARC 2.1 module form factor specification, what does it mean for embedded systems designers and developers?

  How time flies. It seems like only yesterday that SGET (Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies) introduced Version 2.0 of its SMARC Small Mobility Architecture (SMARC) module. In actual fact that was four years (2016) ago...

Nov 12, 2020 - Embedded - by Irene Hahner

Raising your game with the very latest Embedded HPC COMs:  Why the new COM-HPC® standard will take developers to a whole new level     

  There’s a new COM standard on the way: Computer-On-Modules High Performance Computing (COM-HPC®). The first modules based on the standard will be available from early next year following pioneering work by Kontron along with ot...

Sep 25, 2020 - Embedded - by Peter Mueller

Clear orientation: Industry 4.0 needs standards

Security, flexibility and compatibility are success factors for applications in the environment of Industry 4.0 and the "Internet of Things" (IoT). Standards are of central importance for digitization in this area. They ensure a smooth "h...

Aug 04, 2020 - Embedded - by Oliver Dautzenberg

Interview with Oliver Dautzenberg, Managing Director of Kontron Europe GmbH, about the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on supplier relationships and business processes

"Corona brings solid supply chain partnerships to the fore" For Oliver Dautzenberg, Managing Director of Kontron Europe GmbH, it is clear that companies in the corona crisis cannot avoid dealing intensively with their global supply chain...

Jul 16, 2020 - Embedded - by Jon Moseley

Kontron supporting the post COVID-19 world where touchless interaction will be key.

  In the current COVID-19 world where the wearing of masks, frequent hand-washing and social distancing have changed how we interact with people, it’s also changing how we interact with technology. From the surge of use for online...

Jun 19, 2020 - Embedded - by Günter Deisenhofer

Not just clean, but pure: Industrial monitors and Panel PCs with IP69K protection class ensure greater hygiene in sensitive production areas.

  Plastic parts in liver paté, glass splinters in the pickle jar, lubricants or germs in ice cream - recalls of contaminated food occur repeatedly. Consumers are insecure, because a multitude of directives, regulations, standards a...

May 18, 2020 - Embedded - by Alexander Squarra

A robot arm that understands surgeons: This technology makes it possible

  ​​​​​​ A robotic arm that reacts directly to the voice commands of the surgeon and automatically steers in the required direction during minimally invasive procedures - what only existed as an idea in visionary minds ...

Apr 16, 2020 - Embedded - by Peter Hoser

​A Vision of Success: Kontron’s integration of Fujitsu's industrial motherboard business is already bearing fruit   

  Every picture tells a story. The new graphics-rich AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 / R1000 based D3713-V/R mini-ITX motherboard from Kontron is a perfect example.    This is one of several new motherboard models Kon...

Feb 27, 2020 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

​The Future of Secure Embedded Computing - Part 1

    Smart thinking urgently required on Edge ‘things’ procurement and deployment  Embedded Computing solutions are quickly becoming a core component of Edge Computing. With this, the ‘out of box’ mind-set of typi...

Feb 13, 2020 - Embedded - by Dietmar Kolbus

Reduce your product development efforts and stay technically up to date. The new Kontron SL i.MX8M Mini System-on-Module (SoM) opens up unique opportunities for you

  The SoM SL i.MX8M Mini is a ready-to-use solution, thanks to the Linux Board Support Package and complete development environment included. It shortens the time from product development to market launch. A high performance process...

Jan 30, 2020 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

CEO S&T AG Hannes Niederhauser on the technology trends of the year  

  "Digitalization and innovations will continue to guarantee growth!“ Hannes Niederhauser, CEO at Kontron and Chairman of the Management Board of the S&T Group, identifies five technology topics that will shape the IT market ...

Jan 15, 2020 - Embedded - by Sandra Korsinek

Embedded computers lend wings to nature conservation

  What do embedded computers have to do with bats? There are around 1000 species of bat worldwide, of which around 24 live in Germany. Almost all of them are under nature conservation. Bats are currently hibernating. But as soon as...

Dec 18, 2019 - Embedded - by Stefan Lobmeier

Time for a fresh look at SBCs: Why a new take on the Pico-ITX format could be the answer for industrial embedded developers  

It’s true to say Single Board Computers (SBCs) have been around the block a few times – ever since the late seventies in fact. And ever since, the embedded computing industry – Kontron included - has grown to love them. But, of cour...

Dec 05, 2019 - Embedded - by Günther Dumsky

Pressed for Time: AI inspection systems using Kontron’s latest KISS server relieve time and quality control pressures for printers and 3D printing component manufacturers

        The printing business today is more competitive than ever. Maximum productivity, minimum waste, consistency and high quality are essential. Even the smallest defects during the production process can adver...

Oct 17, 2019 - Embedded - by Serge Tissot

Moving with the times : The release of the latest VPX architecture specification ensures the standard will remain at the forefront of high performance embedded computing design          

When it comes to designing blade embedded computers and systems for high performance embedded computing (HPEC), the VPX form factor architecture still rocks.     So far VPX has been especially suited to 1G or 10G Ethernet...

Sep 19, 2019 - Embedded - by Peter Mueller

Small modules, great service!

  With the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 processor, AMD has launched a new flagship for embedded computing that has found its way into many designs these days. It convinces with its outstanding processor and graphics performance and at a...

Sep 05, 2019 - Embedded - by Günther Dumsky

Just what the doctor ordered: Kontron’s powerful new rackmount server supports growing AI requirements of medical industry

        Artificial Intelligence is an emotional subject. For some it may send the blood pressure soaring or maybe trigger another medical condition, perhaps by conjuring up images of robots or humanoid creatures taki...

Aug 22, 2019 - Embedded - by Petra Adamik

IoT & Industry 4.0 – bringing it all together

  A look at developments and solutions - with statements from CEO Hannes Niederhauser and VP Marketing Norbert Hauser Industry 4.0 and IoT applications are on a roll. The digital transformation has been gaining momentum also among ...

Aug 01, 2019 - Embedded - by Günther Dumsky

AI-enabled predictive maintenance: keeping the lights on and the wheels of industry turning  

  Kontron’s powerful new KISS rackmount server supports increased AI performance requirement   Things have come a long way from preventative-only maintenance strategies which revolve around somewhat rigid, prescriptive serv...

Jun 06, 2019 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

Smart-Factory: What is Intelligent Edge capable of doing?

  Every second counts in fast decision-making processes in production environments, but evaluation, analysis and transfer of more and more data to the cloud and its return to the point of origin often takes too long. Modern smart fa...

Apr 08, 2019 - Embedded - by Sandra Korsinek

KINEXON implements intelligent navigation of driverless transport systems with Kontron products

Production and logistics processes are experiencing dynamic changes through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0. Automated production lines, robots and driverless vehicles are integral parts of the smart factory. In ...

Mar 18, 2019 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

The embedded world 2019: An exciting glimpse into our digital future - from soldering SOMs to Edge Computers and AI  

Once again this year, the embedded world proved its reputation as the leading trade fair for the worldwide embedded community. With the latest developments around AI/KI, the fair achieved its second best visitor result in its history - co...

Mar 07, 2019 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Why does Kontron develop its 19" computer housings itself?  

I   In our interview, Kontron Product Manager Günther Dumsky explains, why it makes sense to develop the 19" housings for Kontron's KISS rackmount systems in-house and how the customer benefits from the in-house design.   Kon...

Feb 21, 2019 - Embedded - by Peter Mueller

​Reasons to be cheerful - 2019 promises to be an exciting year for embedded designers and developers

The IoT effect   There’s never been a better time to be designing and developing embedded solutions. The IoT - and its industrial counterpart the IIoT – is creating a huge and varied market need for mobile and embedded IoT appli...

Jan 24, 2019 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

Interview with Hannes Niederhauser (CEO Kontron & CEO S&T AG) on the IT-Trends for 2019: " In the age of Digital Transformation, waiting for the success of others is simply no longer an option!"

Our CEO at Kontron and Chairman of the Management Board at S&T AG Hannes Niederhauser dares to take a look into the future. For our blog, he has identified five key trends for 2019 that will further accelerate Digital Transformation in ...

Nov 13, 2018 - Embedded - by Peter Mueller

​Stayin’Alive:  The winds of change keep Qseven COM in demand

Agreeing on who’s the best or most famous film or pop star isn’t easy. Take “A Star is Born” as a current example: Lady Gaga is awesome in the lead role but then again many will argue Streisand was as good or better in the previou...

Nov 01, 2018 - Embedded - by Fabian Wanke

Innovation Day Kontron

KONTRON, a member of the S&T Group and a leading supplier of embedded systems, invited to its innovation day on October 18th, under the motto: "SUCCESSFULL THROUGH DIGITIZATION".  TSN and AI The innovation day started out ...

Sep 06, 2018 - Embedded - by Nigel Parker

Tough Mothers:  Embedded computing motherboards capable of withstanding harsh industrial (IIoT) environments are a breed apart    

  When the going gets tough, the tough get going. These days such words of wisdom are certainly worth considering when choosing motherboards for use in harsh embedded industrial computing environments.     Sure enough, t...

Aug 23, 2018 - Embedded - by Siegfried Zidek

The RoboKeeper: the technology behind its reflexes

The RoboKeeper is on everyone's lips this summer as the new star in goalkeeping. Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo - all failed because of him. No wonder, because the RoboKeeper probably has the fastest reflexes in the world. And all this without lo...

Aug 09, 2018 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

Five common Business Challenges of Smart Factories (and how to master them)

Millions of manufacturers are actually confronted with the fear of going bust if they do not digitally transform - but unfortunately it’s not quite as simple. If production goes down - even for a day - the impacts can be serious, with ...

Jul 26, 2018 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

IIOT Security Essentials : What you need to know

Industrial companies are increasingly implementing the Internet of Things (IoT) on the factory floor and in the field. Such largescale end-to-end Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity will doubtless facilitate many more capabilities at the ...

Jul 10, 2018 - - by Laurent Remont

Microsoft Azure IoT Edge: The Next Smart Factory Evolution

  Statement by Laurent Remont, CTO of Kontron S&T AG, on the availability of Microsoft Azure IoT Edge:   We are pleased that Microsoft has announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. We at Kontron S&am...

Jul 05, 2018 - Embedded - by Yanping Zou M.Sc.

At the automatica 2018 trade fair, Aaronn Electronic celebrated the company’s silver anniversary and its long-standing successful partnership with Kontron

Image rights: Aaronn Electronic GmbH   Future topics such as human-robot collaboration, digital transformation in manufacturing and service robotics were the core topics of automatica 2018 (automatica-munich.com). Münchner Messe c...

Jun 28, 2018 - Embedded - by Ulrich Lissner

CeBIT goes Hip – did it achieve that in its second year?

  CeBIT - a must for many customers, colleagues , as for ourselves for over 30 years. A cornerstone – or a dinosaur? The dwindling numbers of visitors and exhibitors in recent years gave us an inkling of this. Things could not go ...

Jun 14, 2018 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

TSN - time to get sensitive about the IIoT  

TSN technology and Kontron give developers the edge     The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is one of the most challenging application spaces to design for. Creating the next generation of intelligent industrial syst...

May 30, 2018 - Embedded - by Petra Adamik

Artificial intelligence and machine learning - have the hype topics already reached the companies?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are among the most important trend topics for companies and their employees worldwide. This development is no surprise, as the solutions promise advantages for many application areas....

May 09, 2018 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

The "Smart Factory" only works in the harmonious interaction between man and his colleague, the robot

Endless rows of industrial robots that routinely assemble products on conveyor belts - around the clock and in deserted production halls. This scenario is often painted when we talk about the factory of the future. The reality is differen...

Apr 26, 2018 - Embedded - by Günter Deisenhofer

Module principle minimizes design risk for industrial PCs

    No question: Components for the industrial environment are confronted with special challenges. The demands on the components are high. They must be able to withstand extreme heat or cold, operate continuously under high du...

Mar 22, 2018 - Embedded - by Petra Adamik

Industry 4.0 and IoT drive growth in the manufacturing industry

  The market for Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions will continue to move in 2018, as predicted by market observers of the industry service IoT Analytics. In addition to the alr...

Mar 08, 2018 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

The whole IoT world at embedded world

The embedded world trade fair took place for the 15th time from February 27th to March 1st, 2018 in Nuremberg. Present as always: Kontron, an S&T group company. Our trade fair presentation has always been a reflection of the industry’...

Feb 22, 2018 - Embedded - by Peter Mueller

Boards and Modules- The Perennial Favorites of Embedded World 

It all started with industrial PCs more than 30 years ago; when the industry began developing specialist PC-based systems designed for continuous use in harsh industrial environments. These devices quickly proved very popular and develope...

Jan 26, 2018 - Embedded - by Günter Deisenhofer

XXL industrial monitors: the central eye for modern production

Today, production processes are already significantly influenced by Industry 4.0 and "Smart Factory". The cycle rates in the production processes are getting shorter. Customers want their products promptly and in the highest quality. A ch...

Jan 11, 2018 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

Kontron enters the new year 2018 with plenty of expertise, market-driven solutions and strong partnerships

For Kontron, 2017 was a challenging but also exciting year of reorganization and realignment. We emerged strengthened from the merger with the S&T technology group. Necessary restructuring measures and cost optimizations have been suc...

Nov 29, 2017 - Cloud - by Norbert Hauser

SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg: Industrial Internet of Things on the advance

In the age of digital transformation, automation and IT are growing at a breathtaking pace. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 pose new challenges for all market participants. This trend is currently also becoming apparent at S...

Nov 23, 2017 - Connectivity - by Irene Hahner

IIoT: The need for speed  

  A new class of embedded high performance computing now enables real-time data processing and analysis on the very edges of the IIoT          When it comes to leveraging the potential of t...

Oct 25, 2017 - Embedded - by Günter Deisenhofer

Industrial HMIs in safety relevant control room applications

Unlike the office environment, a harsh industrial environment demands a lot more from the screens used there. Top of the list of requirements is the robustness of the devices, high contrast capability and detail fidelity of the display. Q...

Sep 21, 2017 - Embedded - by Petra Adamik

OUTSOURCING HELPS MEDICAL COMPANIES TO FOCUS ON THEIR CORE COMPETENCIES AND KEEP PACE WITH INNOVATON 

The global medical devices market offers tremendous opportunity for manufacturers, as well as significant challenges. Due to a report of the International Trade Administration’s (ITA) Global Health Team, published in 2016, aging populatio...

Jul 26, 2017 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

The embedded cloud: why the embedded world will soon be turning faster 

  Data, data and even more data – each day, extremely large quantities of data are created in Industry 4.0, including types of data that until recently did not even exist. But what good are these large quantities of data if a comp...

Jun 28, 2017 - Embedded - by Sandra Korsinek

Ultra HD in industry: How high resolution further increases production process efficiency 

In the consumer sector, Ultra HD is currently unfolding its enormous potential.  In 2016, 4K UHD TV sales again grew rapidly – in April 2016 alone, six million of these devices were sold in the USA. In a survey of 475 global video ...

May 04, 2017 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

VPX: Perplexity Removed

In the last 7 years the meaning of VPX could have been the VME Puzzling eXtension, since this promising standard included many technical pitfalls and computer architecture changes. Only the more wealthy and performance hungry customers coul...

Apr 13, 2017 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

Kontron - an Outstanding Pioneer in Electronics

Kontron was honored as a "Pioneer in Electronics" during a gala evening in Munich on March 30, celebrating Elektronikpraxis magazine's 50th birthday as well as the 21 most important electronics companies.    Kontron's Irene Ha...

Apr 03, 2017 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

Secure & Connected: Kontron at embedded world 2017

embedded world 2017 took place in Nuremberg from March 14 to 16, 2017. As always Kontron was among the exhibitors.   Kontron booth at embedded world 2017   In pole position in Hall 1, Booth 478 we presented our novelties for...

Feb 17, 2017 - Embedded - by Kontron Editorial Team

Kontron Tech Talk: Quo Vadis ECT – Embedded Trends 2017

Technology trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) have an enormous economic impact and change entire industries as a whole. Naturally this development is spearheaded by the IT industry. Hardware and software vendors that make possible ...

Feb 03, 2017 - Embedded - by Norbert Hauser

A bright future for the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT for short) has been hailed a trend no modern enterprise can ignore. Digitalization is transforming entire industries and the economy as a whole. From printing presses to production robots, from warehouse to wind ...

Dec 16, 2016 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

SMARC 2.0 – The Next Generation

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become an integral part of our daily lives, which have become extremely “smart” by now. Technological progress and the interconnections between humans and machines that come with it are visible everywher...

Nov 17, 2016 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

Expanding defense capabilities by applying deep learning techniques

Technologies leveraged from advanced computing in data centers are opening up new ways to tackle defense missions across embedded platforms. Deep learning is an increasingly popular approach to processing very large data sets. Many high-vis...

Nov 08, 2016 - Embedded - by Marcel van Helten

Industry 4.0 – Step by Step Towards a Modern Enterprise

Digital transformation is going strong. This is the key message from the latest German Industry 4.0 Index by consultancy firm Staufen which, for the third year in a row, surveyed 277 German companies on their levels of d...

Sep 02, 2016 - Embedded - by Jens Wiegand

Internet of things: are the usa outpacing europe?

The Internet of Things is widely expected to become the central innovation driver in the years to come. Its future economic value will be enormous. This view is shared by US technology research firm Gartner in the latest edition o...

Aug 17, 2016 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

The smarc evolution

Only three years after the original release, Version 2.0 of the Smart Mobility Architecture (SMARC™) embedded computing format was announced by Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies (SGET) SDT 0.1 earlier this year. It...

Aug 05, 2016 - Embedded - by Amanda-Holdan-Sinisi

Autonomous Driving with kontron

Autonomous driving is one of the most thrilling visions for the future of mobility. Self-driving cars controlled by computers, the computers, in turn, fed with data from sensors and cameras mounted on, in, or around the vehicles. Digit...

Jul 30, 2016 - Embedded - by RJ McLaren

How Military Embedded Designers Profit from Small Form Factor Systems

The demands from the front line are changing quickly. Gathering and sharing data has become an essential component of the modern military, relying on high performance processing to fuel leadership decisions that enable comprehensive situati...

Jul 22, 2016 - Embedded - by Amanda-Holdan-Sinisi

Flexibility and long-Term Availability: kontron kiss at voxeljet

New technological developments such as the Internet of Things (IoT) create unlimited possibilities for all market players and almost as exciting, present new challenges as well. Developers aim to quickly and efficiently build cost-efficient...

Jun 28, 2016 - Embedded - by Günter Deisenhofer

The Evolution of Industrial HMI: How Smart Automation will Deliver Measureable Productivity Benefits

  Admittedly, the progress in HMIusability and functionality has not been as rapid in industrial automation as in the consumer world. But the past decade has witnessed considerable advancement in the integration of more powerf...

Jun 14, 2016 - Embedded - by Joe Eicher

UGVs: How to expand their role in helping military operations become more agile, responsive and safe

According to a report from MarketsandMarkets, the global unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) market is projected to grow from USD 6.44 Billion in 2015 to USD 18.65 Billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 23.7% during the forecast period. This sou...

Jun 07, 2016 - Embedded - by Valentin Scinteie

How COTS embedded technology is putting rail operators back into the frame   

Video surveillance is widely deployed in the modern world, from monitoring busy city centers, shopping malls, offices and football stadiums, to motorways, train stations and It is used in a variety of situations in both business and co...

May 26, 2016 - Embedded - by Magnus Reibenspiess

Medical Device Outsourcing: How to Compete with Strong Market Dynamics

The medical device market is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic sector in the life sciences industry. Two reasons for this are the high profit margins and the increasing demand for advanced medical devices. Today, healthc...

May 12, 2016 - Embedded - by Martin Farjah

Industry 4.0: Get ready for a Digital Future!

The digital transformation is a MUST for companies which want to survive in a dramatically changing competitive global environment. But before organizations can pick the fruits and benefit from the digital change, they need to invest in dif...

Apr 26, 2016 - Embedded - by Illjana Vavan

Securing the IoT: 3 Tight Security Guidelines Everyone should Follow when Building any IoT Solution

Ever since Kevin Ashton introduced the term in 1999, the Internet of Things has evolved from an intriguing concept into an increasingly sophisticated network of machines, sensors and devices.  Gartner estimates that there are 6.4 ...

Apr 14, 2016 - Embedded - by RJ McLaren

Airlines: How Wireless IFE will Drive a Whole New Wave of Innovations

According to numerous market studies, in-flight entertainment (IFE) growth is expected to continue to soar. Let’s start this blog with some concrete figures: According to research firm Research and Markets, the IFE and connectivity m...

Apr 08, 2016 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

How to Profit from Strong Technology Partnerships: The Kontron COM Express® in Practice

Drive and control units are essential for machine and system construction and scalable, flexible multi-technology machines are on the rise in many sectors. One of the world’s leading suppliers of drive and control technologies is Bos...

Mar 24, 2016 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

On the Frontline of Military Innovation

Real-time signal processing is a driving force in the evolution of many military applications known collectively as Digital Signalling Processing (or DSP). Among others these include software defined radios, weapons navigation systems, sona...

Mar 10, 2016 - Embedded - by Illjana Vavan

Kontron at the Embedded World 2016: Just a Glimpse into what is Possible…

Imagine the world in which your city’s traffic is regulated by smart traffic lights that turn the lights on and off depending on the number of cars approaching from the various directions. Imagine if your car could communicate with the ci...

Feb 26, 2016 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

From Design and Development to Successful Re-Design: A Story about the Lifetime of a High-End Product

Printing presses and machines for further paper processing are known to be particularly complex and are often called high-end products in mechanical engineering. These machines have a product lifetime of 25 years or even more. To keep the b...

Feb 12, 2016 - Embedded - by Martin Farjah

New Dimension of Data Collection: How to Profit from easier Processes

Throughout the past decade the Big Data-Wave has swapped over all companies, no matter which business they work in. Using Big Data technology makes an organization more productive, efficient, agile and innovative and also strengthens its ma...

Jan 29, 2016 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

Smart Cities, Part II: Why all Concepts will Fail without Indestructible Security Measures

The sustainable development of urban areas requires new, efficient, and user-friendly technologies and services, in particular in the areas of energy, transport and ICT. New IoT technologies have the power to be applied to seemingly unlimit...

Dec 18, 2015 - Embedded - by Martin Farjah

Energy-Saving Smart Cities: Still a Vision or already Reality?

Mega metropolises all around the globe have to master various future challenges, including mobility, climate protection, healthy residential sphere and social cooperation. The UN estimates that in 2030 about 60 percent of the world populati...

Dec 04, 2015 - Embedded - by Martin Farjah

Find Yourself a Competitive Advantage with Autonomous Agents and Things!

The amount of daily data coming from new sensors of the Internet of Things (IoT), social networks and real-time data increases exponentially. According to several predictions we will produce 40 zettabyte (one zettabyte equals one billion te...

Nov 27, 2015 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

IoT Precision Farming in Malaysia: Efficient Water Management Helps Farmers Grow more Rice

Farming is a tough way of life in any country but when an entire population relies heavily on one single crop for survival, the stakes are especially high. Rice farming in Malaysia is no exception where there is precious little margin betwe...

Nov 19, 2015 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

Industry 4.0: Manufacturing Industry on its Way to Digitalization

Frequent readers of my blog might have noticed that I’m a fan of classic science fiction novels and beside Heinlein, Asimov is one of my favorite writers. So when I was young Robotics and wireless communication between them was ...

Nov 05, 2015 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

Defense Computing Meets the Internet of Things

Each minute of every day 204 million emails are sent, 4 million Google searches are made, 277.000 tweets are published. This amazing amount of data is still mostly coming from people interacting with the digital world which in a few years h...

Oct 30, 2015 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

IoT in Transportation: The World is on the Move

By 2015, seven out of ten people will be living in cities. This will change the way, people all over the world will live. Cities will become bigger and bigger, some of them will even turn into megacities with millions and millions of inhabi...

Oct 15, 2015 - Embedded - by Sarah Kamrau

Smart Factory: How to Get Intelligent Machines

In a future ‘Smart Factory’ there will be an almost perfect production logic. Intelligent products are clearly identifiable, locatable at any time and know their history, their current status, as well as alternative routes to their targ...

Oct 02, 2015 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

Come Scale With Us: How Scalability Saves Costs

Come scale with us! This motto has driven a webinar which I held together with Intel in mid- September. Within the webinar we explained how and why it makes sense to implement scalable solutions, what the benefits of using Kontron’s scala...

Sep 15, 2015 - Embedded - by Amanda-Holdan-Sinisi

The IoT: Delivering the Future Demands Action Today  

The ‘thing’ about the Internet of Things (IoT) is that no matter which research you believe IoT is going to be big, very big – but no one can say exactly how big. According to the mobile industry group GSMA, by 2020 there will be 24 ...

Jul 22, 2015 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

3 Basic Rules for Applications in a Safety Critical Environment

When I wrote my blog about a backdoor in an air-condition compromising the entire safety of a company network, I thought that’s bad. But at least the air-condition suppliers closed this backdoor. Not fast but they did. Last week...

Jul 14, 2015 - Embedded - by RJ McLaren

5 Arguments for Pre-validated Systems to Help Defense Contractors with their Build vs. Buy Decision

Many people jump into the build or buy decision based on past experiences or make too quick of a decision due to short term time constraints and, in doing so, waste valuable total project time and resources that could be been saved by selec...

Jul 03, 2015 - Embedded - by Hjorth Klaus

It’s all about the Customer: How to Improve the Problem-Solving-Experience

This weeks blog is all about the customer. In our following interview, Klaus Hjorth is answering questions on the challenging service environment, the new Kontron service portfolio and how to give customer’s a great problem-solving-experi...

Jun 30, 2015 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

The Paris Air Show 2015: Wake-up Call for the Embedded Computing Industry

The 51st International Paris Air Show, held at Le Bourget Airport from 15-21 June 2015 was a record breaking event: With more than 351000 visitors the Show again confirmed this is the place to be when you are part of this incredibly vi...

Jun 09, 2015 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

The Iron A-Team: Unmanned Robots in Harsh Environments

With this blog I want to introduce our customer Roboteam and its product ROCU-7, which stands for Ruggedized Operator Control Unit. This unmanned robot classifies a handheld with a 7-inch monitor, that supports military and civilian pr...

May 21, 2015 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

Maximum Reliability: An Inside Look into Maintenance-Free Industrial Computer Platforms

As written in my last week’s blog post, by deploying ’wartungsfrei’ (maintenance-free) industrial computer platforms, OEMs and operators can both: reduce operating costs and increase the reliability of system installations. Eliminatin...

May 13, 2015 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

‘Wartungsfrei’: The next PC Evolution

When I was still a student, I earned some money working for system administration of a computer network. It was a nice and not to stressful job. Using Novell (does anyone of you remember?) and the remote console you could sit in the sun and...

May 01, 2015 - Embedded - by Jack London

Custom Product Design: Let Others Create What You are Thinking

After returning home from a two week trip in Europe I went with my family to one of our favorite hamburger stops for a big greasy cheeseburger. The food is always great and I can get most anything I want on my burger including a fried egg a...

Apr 22, 2015 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

System Health Management: It’s all about Monitoring, Control and Communication!

With my last week’s blog post you hopefully learned a lot about the importance of computing health management. Within the article I already mentioned that health management supports three main functions: monitoring, control ...

Apr 16, 2015 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

Computing Health Management in Transportation System: No Room for Error

The market for transportation systems is forecasted to continue its rapid expansion according to a report by Transparency Market Research that predicts double-digit growth from 2013 to reach $30.2 billion by 2019. As the use of tr...

Jan 20, 2015 - Embedded - by Daniela Hoffmann

Embedded Trends 2015

This year will bring a lot of challenges for the embedded community. Trends like IoT and risk management coincide with Gartners predictions for 2015. In the near future manufacturers should deal with implementing security strategi...

Dec 04, 2014 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

4 Reasons why you should not press on Price (too hard)

When I had to do shopping for my grandmother I had to understand a very important fact: When you are send to the butcher, cheap always has a drawback. Either old meat or lower quality or even a different animal: “Schnitzel” is much chea...

Nov 12, 2014 - Embedded - by Satish Ram

Smart Guns: Could they reduce location specific Incidents?

The recent school shooting incident in Washington state got me thinking about how technology could possibly be utilized to reduce such violence. Current smart guns use RFID, fingerprint recognition or other such technologies to help reduce ...

Oct 30, 2014 - Embedded - by Daniela Hoffmann

Embedded Systems: Form Factors for the Future

One of the foremost requirements for embedded systems is their long term availability. To secure their investments, companies have to make sure that they make the right decision for a system that will be successful and thereby available on ...

Sep 26, 2014 - Embedded - by Claus Giebert

The forgotten Side of Virtualization

I’m working with computers for a long time now, but I still remember the times when I was a student. There was good but expensive hardware like ISA Novell NE2000 LANcards or Hercules monochrome graphics adapters. I could ne...

Sep 19, 2014 - Embedded - by Daniela Hoffmann

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Intuitive Human Machine Interfaces (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) require new approaches in the Human-Machine-Interface (HMI) and there has been a lot of development in touch display technology during the last years. The artist Salvador Da...

Aug 29, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe goes to Washington – Chapter 5: Russell meets the Leader of the free World

From there we got things unloaded and set up the Electric Giraffe near the rose garden, and waited. The heat was unbearable and most of the event was moved indoors. Russell and I did an interview with the White House press crew, then they s...

Aug 28, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe goes to Washington – Chapter 4: Screaming on the Road

On Wednesday the 18th, with a Maker Faire photographer in tow, we hit the road and went to the Smithsonian to get the giraffe on the tow truck rig. Right away we noticed a possible serious problem. The Electric Giraffe up on the towing...

Aug 27, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe goes to Washington – Chapter 3: Our one ton Beast in detail

What everyone at Smithsonian were seeing was years of work on a machine that truly walks on 4 tall legs, all made of hand welded steel. In borrowing the walking design of my Electric Giraffe from a little toy model from Tamiya, I managed to...

Aug 26, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe goes to Washington – Chapter 2: Good Planning is Half the Battle

Right away, Sherry and Louise agreed to help out all they could with regards to finding a way to fund the appearance, and gave me the go ahead to start putting together a plan for shipping the giraffe to Washington. I was now once again in ...

Aug 25, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe goes to Washington – Chapter 1: The White House Invitation

On Monday morning, May 19th, I got all packed up for the drive home from San Mateo. Maker Faire 2014 was done and over with. My programmer (and namesake for the Giraffe) Russell Pinnington was dropped off at SFO and was on his way home to E...

Jul 30, 2014 - Embedded - by Martin Unverdorben

SMARC vs. Qseven: Is SMARC really better than Qseven?

Two form factors are currently fighting for domination in the market for small computer on modules. Qseven, released 2008 and created for X86 platform, namely for Intel’s Silverthorne Atom chips, which were the first implementation w...

Jul 23, 2014 - Embedded - by Lindsay Lawlor

The Electric Giraffe and Kontron: How did THAT happen?!

Long before Kontron’s location in San Diego, a fire alarm contractor named Frank (Lindsay being his middle name) Lawlor found himself wandering the massive new and very empty tilt-up structure way out in what was known then as “the midd...

Jun 11, 2014 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

There is no such thing as off the shelf CBIT

In many complex computer RFQs I have seen in the last decade, when it came to BIT (Built In Test) requirements, heated discussion on compliance would arise. However complex the compliance assessment, it always went down to compromise and in...

Feb 28, 2014 - Embedded - by Vincent Chuffart

Almost entirely unlike a PC

For the most senior of us who were introduced into the weird techno fun culture of Douglas Adams (the Hitch  Hickers Guide to the Galaxy), this expression will bring back some memories of weird influence of the technology on our d...