Edge Controller: Conquer Big Data Challenges with Little Data Strategy

Emerson’s edge controllers bring innovative concepts to end users by combining real-time deterministic control with the ability to execute advanced software applications. Integrated into one singular unit built for factory environments, an edge controller offers direct control of a machine with all the necessary logic and rules, while at the same time feeding data to a high-performance computing side of the controller for historization, trending, analytical calculations, and visualization. This advancement brings the power of the internet of things (IoT) right down to the machine edge. Implementing edge controllers is the first step in dealing with what we like to call the “little data” inside a machine or piece of equipment, providing increased understanding of what is happening within a process or machine, and offering greater insights.