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Kontron

Ben Turner Industrial Estate
Oving Road
Chichester
Sussex
PU19 7ET
UK

Telephone : 44 (0) 1243 523 500
Web : http://www.kontron.com/


Editorial archive;

Software tool for fast and flexible connectivity 23/11/2020
Kontron is now able to offer, through its subsidiary Kontron AIS GmbH, the FabEagle connect software tool which links manufacturing and IT to enable fast and reliable data transfer. Full Story...

TSN Starterkit helps users gain entry to real-time computing 15/11/2020
Kontron has launched a new version of its TSN Starterkit. The FPGA software upgrade for the PCIe card in the TSN Starterkit or in existing SoftPLCs, Box PCs, gateways and industrial servers now enables IEEE 802.1Qbu and 802.1CB functionality. Full Story...

Easy Entry into Time Sensitive Networking 17/03/2020
With the TSN Starter Kit, Kontron offers a ready-to-use, out-of-the-box solution for TSN edge computing, including real-time Linux and TSN monitoring & management applications. As a hardware/software upgrade for existing PLCs, box PCs, gateways and industrial servers, it enables immediate integration into a TSN network. Full Story...

Industrial Server for AI Applications 11/02/2020
Predictive maintenance systems use increasingly powerful monitoring and analysis software, to record data and operating history of individual plants. Learn how Kontron’s latest, most powerful rackmount server KISS 4U V3 SKX helps realize growing potential of AI-enabled Predictive Maintenance for Energy and Industrial Automation sectors. Full Story...

KBox C-103-CFL - Powerful high-end industrial computers 14/01/2020
The systems of the KBox C-103-CFL series are based on the latest Intel® Core™ and Intel® Xeon® E processors of the ninth generation with up to six processor cores and thus provide an enormous performance boost with ever constant power dissipation. Thanks to diverse expansion slots, the systems are characterized by high flexibility and expandability; customer-specific adaptations can thus be implemented quickly. Full Story...

Future Perfect: Predictive Maintenance and AI 11/11/2019
Time is money. Today, the energy and industrial automation industries demand maximum availability and safety from machines and systems. IoT-based predictive maintenance strategies optimize plant maintenance and allow remote control in real time. Machine and deep learning help to detect deviations early and prevent production downtimes by means of planning algorithms. Full Story...

Making things work as part of the IIoT 03/06/2019
Sensors are on the front line of the data gathering process which is vital for the IIoT. Control Engineering Europe shines a spotlight on these ‘things’ and their implementation in successful IIoT projects. Full Story...

Mobile tablet designed for extreme environments 30/11/2015
Kontron has launched the 10in Endurance Tablet, the first in its range of mobile tablets. Full Story...

Scalable control cabinet IPC for automation projects 03/12/2013
Kontron has launched a new control cabinet IPC product family for automation applications. Full Story...

Pre-integrated CompactPCI Serial building blocks 12/03/2013
As part of its 'High-Speed CompactPCI Initiative', at the Embedded World 2013 trade show in Nuremberg, Kontron presented a 3U CompactPCI Serial (CPCI-S.0) compliant chassis platform as well as peripheral boards for 10 Gigabit and Gigabit Ethernet, XMC-based I/O and SATA hard disks. Full Story...

Industrial rackmount server offers multiple galvanically isolated interfaces 01/03/2013
Kontron presents the new Kontron Passau II, a fanless, intelligent data concentrator for SCADA and control room systems. Full Story...

An application-ready imaging solution 10/10/2011
Günther Dumsky, director of Systems and Boards at Kontron discusses the reasons for, and results of, a cooperation agreement between Kontron and Stemmer Imaging to produce application-ready, configured and tested imaging servers. Full Story...

The Hyper-Secured PLC…and other curious combinations 08/02/2011
To make life easier for automation engineers, and less costly for OEMs and end user companies to build control systems, clever companies are taking what used to be two separate products and putting them together in one unit. Full Story...

The Embedded Box 02/01/2010
Kontron was showing for the first time at the SPS/IPC/Drives show two new industrial computers, both based on the 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 processor and both of them based exclusively on passive cooling. As in all modern industrial computers, they offer a broad variety of interfaces, from various fieldbuses to serial communications, including digital I/O, CAN, USB, and Gigabit Ethernet. Full Story...

The Concept Box 15/12/2008
Embedded PCs are the hottest growth market for industrial computing, so Kontron has developed this new series of fanless compact Embedded Box PCs that can be flexibly configured according to individual functional requirements. It is a “time-to-market” accelerator for OEMs. Full Story...