Industrial electronics: an enabler of the digital transformation
Summary
Electronics for industrial use are also subject to the well-known permanent requirements, “faster, more economical, smaller, cheaper.” However, they also have to be robust and able to withstand years of cyclical stress around the clock. That’s because these wide bandgap semiconductors are setting new standards in terms of switching frequency, efficiency, breakdown field strength, heat loss and size. With Bosch, Infineon, Onsemi, Renesas, Rohm, STMicroelectronics and Vishay, the leading producers of power electronics are represented at electronica 2022. IIoT sensors are also often able to operate in real time and, in addition to recording actual measurements with integrated AI functions, they increasingly prepare and process signals on site (edge computing). Smart sensors also reduce the effort needed to create and operate digital twins by removing the cost- and resource-intensive transmission of raw data.