Intrinsically Safe Product Design, Part 2: Defining the Hazardous Location Environment
Part 1 of this blog series introduced the concept of intrinsic safety. Part 2 describes the characterization of hazardous environments with respect to intrinsically safe electronic devices. Internationally, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is considered to be a benchmark in the definition of explosive atmospheres and certification of electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres via its IECEx standards. Additionally, various countries […]
Intrinsically Safe Product Design Part 1: Introduction to Intrinsic Safety
SECO USA designs and manufactures portable and handheld electronic devices that must have inherently low-power operation and high computational performance. One application area for which SECO USA designs and delivers electronic devices is intrinsic safety. Intrinsically safe (IS) product is designed to operate in hazardous areas, such as explosive environments, by limiting the energy available […]
Intrinsically Safe Circuit Design Device Needs Across Industries
As mobility in harsh and volatile industrial and manufacturing environments has become a necessity for productivity, safety, monitoring, and management, intrinsically safe circuit design has had to meet stringent regulatory device needs. Making matters more challenging for device manufactures are the varied environments, product features, and complex requirements of meeting regulatory compliance for intrinsic safety. […]
Industrial Android Tablet Uses in the Construction Industry
Building information technology (BIM) and construction management software (CMS) are just two of the important tools for the construction industry that rely on industrial Android tablet use in the field. While these and other applications have a big in-device use potential, it is the device’s ability to provide wireless connectivity in a durable, rugged package […]
The Importance of Rugged Tablets in the Manufacturing Supply Chain
Today, every manufacturing sector deals with an extremely broad supply chain that is often global and often deals with a lack of reliable, real-time data access in the field. This inherent lack of end-to-end integration can be partially bridged by technologies such as cloud-based software access, RFID, IoT and others. Having the ability to access […]
Edge computing and AI, a winning pair: the pluses for data analysis
Cloud computing allows for significant cost cutting in terms of data centers, providing access to resources for storage and calculating capacity that are virtually unlimited and available on-demand. But not all applications are suitable to cloud solutions, which have various potential drawbacks connected to latency and connection reliability. In these cases, a far more preferable solution […]
Deliver Superior Performance, Security, and Connectivity at the Edge
Engineered with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ vPro®, Intel® Xeon® W-11000E Series, and Intel® Celeron® processors, the SECO LAGOON COM-HPC® Client module Size A helps ensure secure, high-performance computing and interoperability for AI, video, and other data-intensive applications at the edge. Download the Solution Brief from Intel Website Today’s digital-first businesses and consumers are […]
Custom Designed Tablets for IoT Use
Custom designed tablets provide special features that are required for specific uses. Industrial, military, or medical tablets may require a unique external interface, network connectivity, display, operating system, enclosure, and more. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the inter-networking of electronic devices that enable communications and the exchange of data. This promises convergence of […]
Helpful Considerations for Remotely Updating an Embedded System
As complexity and functionality of embedded devices increases, the need for firmware updates has risen, whether to fix bugs, close security holes, add capability, or update the look and feel of a GUI. Increasingly these embedded devices are connected to networks, which enables remote embedded system updates from a central location as needed. To accomplish […]
Custom mobile devices for industrial vertical markets
In the construction, oil and gas, transportation, military, medical, farming, or manufacturing fields – or many others – you perform very unique tasks for your job. You often use a generic commercial phone or tablet, and find the device is inadequate. Commercial off the shelf devices with an app might seem less expensive, but are […]