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Mitsubishi Electric's Edge Computing Solution Powered by Wind River VxWorks

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Edge Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Edge Computing Platforms
Applicable Industries	Marine & Shipping Renewable Energy
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence Fog Computing
Services	Hardware Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a global leader in factory automation (FA) applications, identified edge computing as a critical component of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The company aimed to enhance device and data security, reduce data traffic to the cloud, and enable faster response to network or device issues. In 2018, Mitsubishi Electric launched its first line of industrial hardware products designed for edge computing, the MELIPC Series. The primary development goals for MELIPC were to support the type of edge computing promoted by Mitsubishi Electric and to introduce advanced vision technology for device control. The flagship computer of the MELIPC line, the MI5000, was designed to combine real-time equipment control with high-speed data collection, processing, diagnosis, and feedback in a single machine. However, the development team needed a real-time control platform that could seamlessly integrate real-time control with proven analytic and diagnostic applications. Read More
About Customer	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a leading supplier of electronic hardware for factory automation applications globally. The company is the market share leader in Asia in several FA categories, including programmable controllers and laser processing machines, and is one of the top three FA systems manufacturers worldwide. Mitsubishi Electric has long promoted a vision of value creation in the manufacturing industry through the use of IoT. The company is working to strengthen edge computing on an industrial scale and to empower customers to transform production, enhance value, and solve important business challenges. Read More
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Solution	Mitsubishi Electric selected the VxWorks real-time operating system for the MI5000's control platform. VxWorks enabled the MI5000 to provide both real-time equipment control and edge computing in a single solution. The system could collect data from IoT devices while managing them in real time, and edge computing applications made it fast and easy to carry out data analysis. The MI5000 also incorporated Wind River virtualization technology built for real time. Mitsubishi Electric initially considered using its own software to build a virtualized platform, but ultimately chose Wind River for its proven reliability and quality. The company installed VxWorks and Windows as guest operating systems on top of the Wind River virtualization platform, which allowed them to integrate the functionality of both and verify which functionality was usable on a guest operating system. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Edge Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Edge Computing Platforms

Applicable Industries

Marine & Shipping

Renewable Energy

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Fog Computing

Services

Hardware Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a global leader in factory automation (FA) applications, identified edge computing as a critical component of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The company aimed to enhance device and data security, reduce data traffic to the cloud, and enable faster response to network or device issues. In 2018, Mitsubishi Electric launched its first line of industrial hardware products designed for edge computing, the MELIPC Series. The primary development goals for MELIPC were to support the type of edge computing promoted by Mitsubishi Electric and to introduce advanced vision technology for device control. The flagship computer of the MELIPC line, the MI5000, was designed to combine real-time equipment control with high-speed data collection, processing, diagnosis, and feedback in a single machine. However, the development team needed a real-time control platform that could seamlessly integrate real-time control with proven analytic and diagnostic applications.

About Customer

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a leading supplier of electronic hardware for factory automation applications globally. The company is the market share leader in Asia in several FA categories, including programmable controllers and laser processing machines, and is one of the top three FA systems manufacturers worldwide. Mitsubishi Electric has long promoted a vision of value creation in the manufacturing industry through the use of IoT. The company is working to strengthen edge computing on an industrial scale and to empower customers to transform production, enhance value, and solve important business challenges.

Customer Name

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Solution

Mitsubishi Electric selected the VxWorks real-time operating system for the MI5000's control platform. VxWorks enabled the MI5000 to provide both real-time equipment control and edge computing in a single solution. The system could collect data from IoT devices while managing them in real time, and edge computing applications made it fast and easy to carry out data analysis. The MI5000 also incorporated Wind River virtualization technology built for real time. Mitsubishi Electric initially considered using its own software to build a virtualized platform, but ultimately chose Wind River for its proven reliability and quality. The company installed VxWorks and Windows as guest operating systems on top of the Wind River virtualization platform, which allowed them to integrate the functionality of both and verify which functionality was usable on a guest operating system.

Impact #1	Mitsubishi Electric's MELIPC Series, powered by Wind River's VxWorks, has played a significant role in accelerating the digital transformation of manufacturing and making the smart factory a reality. The MI5000, the flagship computer of the MELIPC line, combines real-time equipment control with high-speed data collection, processing, diagnosis, and feedback in a single machine, thus saving factory floor space and reducing the cost of building IIoT systems. The company's commitment to edge computing has positioned it as a standard bearer for IoT in manufacturing and an evangelist for edge computing. Mitsubishi Electric's partnership with Wind River has been instrumental in this journey, and the company expects this relationship to continue into future projects.

Impact #1

Mitsubishi Electric's MELIPC Series, powered by Wind River's VxWorks, has played a significant role in accelerating the digital transformation of manufacturing and making the smart factory a reality. The MI5000, the flagship computer of the MELIPC line, combines real-time equipment control with high-speed data collection, processing, diagnosis, and feedback in a single machine, thus saving factory floor space and reducing the cost of building IIoT systems. The company's commitment to edge computing has positioned it as a standard bearer for IoT in manufacturing and an evangelist for edge computing. Mitsubishi Electric's partnership with Wind River has been instrumental in this journey, and the company expects this relationship to continue into future projects.

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