In today’s industrial landscape seamless device communication is key. The Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus—a reliable protocol initially developed for vehicles—now enables quick, decentralized data transfer across sectors without central control. This setup is ideal for manufacturing and automation, where consistent multi-node communication is crucial. Cervoz’s M.2 PCIe CAN Bus Expansion Cards offer tailored solutions for these high-demand environments.

In industrial automation, maintaining machine and process health is as crucial as the automation itself, evolving from a reactive approach to a more sophisticated, data-driven strategy. Initially, reactive maintenance fixed issues only after they caused costly downtimes and production delays. Preventive maintenance marked the next step, introducing regular inspections and part replacements to reduce such risks, but it still couldn't fully optimize asset utilization. Predictive Maintenance (PdM) now represents the pinnacle of this evolution in asset management, harnessing data, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced hardware to anticipate and resolve potential issues before they escalate into failures, thus ensuring peak equipment performance and seamless operations.

In today's fast-paced technological landscape, staying competitive requires proactive strategies. Businesses are adopting cutting-edge trends without rashly, premature upgrades. Many are opting for expansion cards to enhance existing setups, offering a seamless and cost-effective way to boost capabilities. For trends like IoT and digital twins, faster and more robust connectivity is essential for gaining a head start.

But how fast is enough? What networking expansion solutions should you choose?

Today's businesses rely on IoT insights in a data-rich environment. As AI and 5G expand, data volumes strain traditional cloud computing. Edge Computing processes data at its source, speeding up insights and reducing latency, crucial for applications like digital twins, autonomous vehicles, and smart healthcare.

Embedded Computing Design’s Road to embedded world will highlight a host of embedded suppliers that will showcase their latest products and technologies at embedded world, April 9^th to 11^th in Nuremberg, Germany. embedded world is the largest global gathering of Embedded Computing products and services. Check back regularly to see where the Road to embedded world takes us.

So many vendors to see, so little time. We are ramping up our Road to embedded world 2023 and getting back On the Road earlier than expected with a great philosophical thought from Jack Kerouac on how we leave our visits. Kerouac notes, “What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? – it’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” 

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