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3-4-3 Industrial Devices
Industrial devices refers to job-oriented devices used in companies and organizations. As with consumer appliances, an embedded system is used in most industrial devices. In industrial devices, detailed analysis, measurements, and control are performed by an embedded system to promote labor-saving and automation. Moreover, industrial devices are also required to possess interactivity (i.e., bidirectionality) over the network.
- • Communication equipment
This is a collective term for network devices, wireless communication devices, and public phone line equipment. Typical examples of communication equipment include routers and switching hubs used in networks, and digital switching facilities of telephone lines. - • Transportation equipment and construction equipment
Transportation equipment includes vehicles, railways, and airplanes, and construction equipment includes construction material processing machines in addition to large equipment, such as cranes. A malfunction of this kind of equipment can lead to accidents or loss of life. Therefore, both hardware and software are required to be of high quality and high reliability, and a failsafe design is incorporated. - • Industrial control devices, FA equipment, and processing devices
This refers to devices used in the engineering system, such as industrial robots. The computer control of production lines and assembly robots of large factories, processing devices, and automated warehouses are widely becoming standard at the existing industrial product manufacturing sites. - • Equipment
This refers to the air-conditioners and devices for management and security protection of the entrance and the exit used in buildings and factories. This equipment is managed in a consolidated manner by a central management center, and most of the equipment is controlled by a dedicated computer. For example, the security protection system performs consolidated management of the security of the overall building and disaster prevention equipment, and is connected with the police station and the security company through a dedicated network to be able to communicate immediately in case of an emergency. - • Medical devices
This refers to devices used in medical treatment, such as patient monitoring equipment. As a result of the development in computers and technology, the performance and the functionality have improved exponentially. Since medical devices are directly related to life, they are required to have a high quality, high reliability, and a failsafe design.
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- • Analytical instruments and measuring instruments
As a result of the development in computers and technology, the performance and the functionality of analytical instruments and measuring instruments have also improved exponentially. These instruments are indispensable not only in the industrial field but also for constructing an advanced disaster information system, such as AMeDAS of the Japan Meteorological Agency and a seismic observation system. - • Other devices
Various automatic vending machines and ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) are also examples of industrial devices.
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