With the development of will edge computing, there are many application scenarios for edge computing gateways that have been born. These application scenarios highlight the high value of introducing edge computing gateways when organizations need to manage real-time response operations.
What are the scenarios that require edge computing gateways?
When organisations need to handle some real-time response operations (e.g., instantly responding to some local needs of users, such as unlocking shared bikes and using face recognition systems for access management), collecting and structuring data (e.g., extracting number plate information from videos, textualising it, and transmitting it back to the data centre), implementing real-time device monitoring (mainly data collection and monitoring of offline devices), and some decentralised P2P applications (where edge nodes can facilitate P2P communication between nearby devices when acting as service discovery servers), they will need IoT edge computing gateways.
Main Application Scenarios for Edge Computing Gateways
There are a wide variety of edge computing application scenarios, many of which we can’t even imagine. We can give the following use cases for reference.
Potenza: Street light control, real-time monitoring and alarming of voltage and current data on city grids, or solar panel monitoring;
Sicurezza: Remote access control systems and alarms for anti-theft devices;
Energy: Data collection from monitoring of oil fields, coal mines, petroleum, natural gas and heating systems;
Traffic: Vehicle licence plate monitoring systems, vehicle infringement monitoring, traffic light control;
Environmental protection:collection of real-time data for monitoring and maintenance of water, sewage pipes, pumping stations and water plants.
Needless to say, edge computing gateways are essential in the era of IoT. As we mentioned earlier, edge computing gateways are responsible for processing and analysing data from devices to enable them to respond in real-time to applications that require low latency.
While edge computing has many benefits, it also poses many difficulties, such as managing and maintaining distributed devices, processing large amounts of data, and ensuring network security. Therefore, the success of IoT applications depends on choosing the right gateway di edge computing platform and architecture, as well as its efficient configuration.
La serie di gateway EG8000 È dotato del sistema Node-RED, che consente di ottenere una programmazione “zero codice”, con visualizzazione e funzionalità drag-and-drop. Permette di collegare facilmente dispositivi hardware quali PLC, macchine di controllo industriale, ecc., supportando al contempo vari protocolli di trasmissione dati. Consente di inviare i dati al server cloud in un formato specificato dopo che il gateway li ha elaborati, riducendo così il carico sul server, e permette persino di utilizzare la LAN per continuare a inviare comandi ai PLC e ad altre unità di controllo logico in caso di disconnessione.
