SCALABLE EDGE COMPUTE IN A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190041824A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16147148

    申请日:2018-09-28

    Abstract: Various systems and methods may be used to implement a software defined industrial system. For example, an edge control node of the industrial system may include a system on a chip including a microcontroller (MCU) to convert IO data. The system on a chip includes a central processing unit (CPU) in an initial inactive state to receive an activation signal from, for example, an orchestration server, and change to an activated state in response to receiving the activation signal.

    SELF-DESCRIPTIVE ORCHESTRATABLE MODULES IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20190041830A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16147190

    申请日:2018-09-28

    Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for implementing a software defined industrial system. In an example, self-descriptive control applications and software modules are provided in the context of orchestratable distributed systems. The self-descriptive control applications may be executed by an orchestrator or like control device, configured to: identify available software modules adapted to perform functional operations in a control system environment; identify operational characteristics that identify characteristics of execution of the available software modules that are available to implement a control system application; select a software module for execution based on the operational configuration and the operational characteristics identified in the manifest; and cause the execution of the selected software module in the control system environment based on an application specification for the control system application.

Patent Agency Ranking