Components and Features of ECI¶
After installing ECI Deb packaages, refer to the following links to better understand the components and features of ECI.
Workload Convergence
This feature uses virtualization and containerization configurations to consolidate mixed-criticality workloads. The following components help in achieving workload convergence. Click each component to learn more.
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Encapsulates a service into a lightweight unit of computation with defined resources and interfaces so that they can be orchestrated |
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Defines a device hypervisor reference stack and an architecture for running multiple software subsystems, managed securely, on a consolidated system by means of a virtual machine manager |
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Enables modern, multi core Intel® processors with Intel® Virtualization Technology to simultaneously run either multiple instances of a realtime operating system or a heterogeneous mixture of 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems on a single execution platform |
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Leverages KVM module in Linux* kernel to run Windows* on top of a real-time system |
Time Deterministic Application
This feature keeps industrial processes working predictably with deterministic time-series dataset.
The following components help in achieving data series. Click each component to learn more.
Component |
Description |
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Provides a unified and real-time way to read and write data from and to a shared memory |
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Provides template files for launching a time-series data processing stack consisting
of the MQTT broker |
Industrial Connectivity
This feature bridges brownfield and greenfield communication technologies to achieve a complete edge-to-cloud solution. The following components help with achieving industrial connectivity. Click each component to learn more.
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Description |
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Bridges various industrial protocols together, effectively providing translation from one protocol to another, including bridging the OPC UA Client/Server Model to OPC UA Publish/Subscribe Model |
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Enables open-source projects to automate systems such as Robot Operating System |
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Enables off-the-shelf interoperability between devices (nodes), for instance in industrial machinery, and provides standard methods for configuring devices |
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Enables 5G connectivity on Intel ECI framework with the Fibocom FM350-GL module |
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Enables WiFi 6E connectivity Intel ECI framework with Intel® WiFi 6E AX210 Module |
Control Application
This feature offers production-verified and standards-compliant controls samples to simplify production and deployment. The following components are related to controls application. Click each component to learn more.
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Description |
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Provides a Linux runtime that allows control applications to execute on Linux-based systems |
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Provides reusable standard application libraries for multiple hardware platforms and is used in CNC, robotics, and motion control applications |
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Provides a Linux runtime that allows IEC 61499 control applications to execute on Linux-based systems |
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Provides an editor that supports writing PLC program with standard 61131-3 programming languages, and a runtime that allows control applications to execute on Linux |
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Provides reusable standard application libraries for multiple hardware platforms and is used in CNC, robotics, and motion control applications |
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Provides a set of software libraries and tools that help you build robot applications |
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Provides robot 3-D vision libraries optimized on Intel platform. |
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Provides a set of pre-validated ingredients for integrating video and time-series data analytics on edge compute nodes, helps to address various industrial and manufacturing usages, which include data collection, storage, and analytics on a variety of hardware nodes across the factory floor |
Application and Platform Management
This feature enables zero-downtime updates and enhanced maintainability, with increased flexibility due to real-time workload orchestration. The following component help with application and platform management. Click the component to learn more.
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Description |
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Manages the orchestration of application microservices in a distributed framework |
Infrastructure Management
This feature scales the control node clusters with software-defined infrastructure, including network, storage, and CPU. The following components help with infrastructure management. Click each component to learn more.
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Description |
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Automates the onboarding of ECI nodes |
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Manages the deployment of edge device software and lifecycle via Cloud Service providers |