Industrial Communication and IoT

Our range of services for manufacturers of automation technology

For control and communication technology

Core benefits

• Implementation of advanced technology in future-oriented automation technology
• Performance enhancement and optimization of embedded systems
• Performance tests

Measures

• Consulting on communication solutions and interface implementations
• Architect design and specifications of communication systems and interfaces
• Implementation in embedded systems (hardware, FPGA and software development)
• Realization and extension of network management systems (configuration, diagnostics)
• Testing of communication systems (real-time performance criteria, robustness, interoperability, standards compliance)

 

Our range of services for the production technology of companies

for mechanical and plant engineering and ongoing production

Core benefits

• Increasing production efficiency through intelligent networking

Valuable information on wear, causes of faults and optimization potential of machines and systems is contained in process data. Today, this information is used for real-time control. It is often not possible to store this data in the required quality (sampling rates, quantities) (historical data) or to analyze it using algorithms. For this new level of process data utilization, we develop tailor-made IoT solutions for existing systems and new machines.

Measures

• Analysis of existing machines: control system and communication architecture
• Consulting and design of IoT-based solution architectures, e.g. using OPC UA, gateways, 4G, 5G, MQTT
• Training your employees on new technologies

• TSN test lab for informing, qualifying, developing and testing TSN applications and components
• 5G application center for applications in production

 

Our range of services for IoT application development

for municipalities and companies

Core benefits

• Central data acquisition and real-time monitoring
• Optimization of resource consumption

Measures

• Customer-specific use case analyses
• Consulting and design of IoT solution architects
• Training employees on new technologies
• IoT business model development
• Implementation of IoT pilot projects

Fraunhofer IOSB-INA offers manufacturer-independent IoT solutions that are specially designed for municipal use cases. New solutions can also be evaluated in our Lemgo Digital IoT real-world laboratory. Examples of the use of IoT include environmental data collection, parking space management and the digitalization of existing buildings, groundwater and river level measurement and the optimization of winter services. Further information on our IoT services can be found here.

 

Know-how

• Real-time Ethernet, middleware, Ethernet TSN, PROFINET, OPC UA, IEC/IEEE 60802 TSN-IA, IETF DetNet, IP routing, ASi-5
• LoRaWAN® and 5G communication interfaces
• Software development and FPGA development for resource-constrained systems: embedded operating systems, small-scale stacks, robustness and real-time capability
• System management of large IoT networks using SDN architectures

 

Equipment

• System environments (devices, engineering): Ethernet TSN, OPC UA, SDN, PROFINET, ASi-5, PTP, LoRaWAN®
• TSN diagnostic tool TSN-Testbox 3.0
• FPGA tool chain (ALTERA, XILINX)
• Network analyzers and generators Anritsu MD1230
• IEEE Std 802.1AS test system Calnex Paragon-X
• PROFINET certification test environment V2.4 (RT, IRT, TSN)
• Ethernet TSN monitor and diagnostic system (in-house development)
• Ethernet TSN simulation workstations OMNET++
• LoRaWAN® field strength meter
• LoRaWAN® tester TUCANA RWC5020M
• 5G campus network in the SmartFactoryOWL and 5G license from 3700-3800 MHz