Emerson PACSystems IPC 2010 compact industrial PC

Emerson has announced the PACSystems IPC 2010 compact industrial PC (IPC), a rugged industrial computer designed to handle a wide range of machine and discrete part manufacturing automation applications. The solution is designed to serve manufacturing sites and OEM machine builders who need a ruggedised, compact, durable IPC to support their IIoT and other digital transformation initiatives.

The IPC 2010 addresses this by pre-loading the PACEdge industrial edge platform and elements of Movicon.NExT SCADA software, helping users run applications quickly using browser-based configuration. Provisions are included for keeping the software platform current and passively maintained, minimising user effort, while maximising reliability.

Running an industrial version of Linux, and including serial and Ethernet connectivity, the IPC 2010 can be used as a communications gateway in a variety of topologies, and simultaneously or separately as an edge computing device. Users can implement the IPC 2010 as a flexible protocol converter — and for other computing functions — in IIoT, edge, OT/IT convergence, HMI visualisation, SCADA connectivity and digital transformation roles.

The compact form factor IPC 2010 features a wide operating temperature range with a low power consumption of 4 W.

Emerson is building the IPC 2010 into a range of larger offerings for leak detection, compressed air monitoring, batching systems, cloud enablement services and other packaged solutions.