Keeping manufacturing energy consumption under control
Summary
Here Richard Mount, Director of Sales at ASIC design and supply company Swindon Silicon Systems, explores the essential role of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors in energy management. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can analyse the data to develop historic trends and identify target areas within the building to improve energy use. Real-time data may also be used to identify outlier trends in energy use by major systems, which is often an indicator of faulty or failing equipment. The signals generated by these IoT sensors are commonly analogue values, which must be conditioned and digitised so that energy consumption trends can be analysed. Swindon will be able to optimise the entire signal path down to the finest detail, while removing unnecessary features to reduce cost.