AI Applications Are the Future of IoT Electronics. High-Performing Timing Solutions Will Provide Their Heartbeat.
Ray Kurzweil’s “Law of Accelerating Returns” tells us that once a technology takes hold, it grows exponentially, building on the successful adoption of prior innovations. This has proved true for the revolution of IoT devices. Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of devices with sensing, processing and software capabilities that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems through wired and wireless communication networks. This revolutionary concept has taken connectivity and automation to an astonishing level.
Electronics companies are now preparing for a similar transformation, as IoT-connected electronics harness the power of AI. While IoT is responsible for collecting and exchanging data, Artificial Technology (AI) is responsible for analyzing and synthesizing that data in order to build logic sequences. IoT and Artificial Technology (AI) are two transformative technologies that are converging to build hyper-intelligent solutions.
You may often hear IoT devices being referred to as smart devices; smart homes, smart city, smart agriculture, smart healthcare and smart grids. Inside each smart device is the requirement for a frequency component. Frequency is the heartbeat of a circuit design that keeps time within an electronic device. It is the source of synchronization between components in a single device and from one device to another. These functions, even when embedded in the most complex electronics, require the most reliable, clean, stable frequency solutions they can find.
ECS Inc.’s timing solutions have always represented innovative frequency solutions. In particular, ECS Inc.’s MultiVolt™ oscillators and B series crystals have enabled powerful applications, including satellite communications and networking, to deliver their desired results. As the IoT and AI market grows, we expect the market demand for high-performing timing components, including low-aging crystals and variable-voltage oscillators to grow.
Why Timing Is Integral to AI’s Role in IoT Electronics
Frequency solutions are essential for any electronic device. Crystal oscillators generate a consistent, stable frequency for keeping time, communication and more, which is why engineers rely upon them in their circuitry design. Frequency also tells an electronic application when to execute certain functions. It is a reliable method for synchronizing various functions to ensure an electronic device’s effective operation.
AI will depend on crystal oscillators to perform complex functions with a high level of effectiveness and accuracy. For example, a robot must receive external information to make real-time decisions and take actions selected from a range of choices. A healthcare chatbot must gather, synthesize and interpret data to provide rapid, digestible information. These challenging tasks require frequency solutions to ensure AI delivers on its promise.
High-performing oscillators have always aided in the orchestration and synchronization of multiple functions at once. IoT electronics already rely upon ECS Inc. oscillators to demonstrate their intelligence. Two product lines from ECS Inc. are particularly dependable for AI and IoT use cases: B series low-aging crystals and MultiVolt™ variable-voltage oscillators.
High-Quality Frequency Solutions for AI and IoT Electronics
AI and IoT electronics will require the highest-performing electronic components to create current and yet-to-be imagined applications. These components will include frequency solutions delivered by state-of-the-art quartz crystal oscillators from ECS Inc.
Low-aging crystals: Aging affects the performance of a crystal. Certain crystals are pre-aged to ensure exceptional precision timing and better overall performance to meet specific AI and IoT design requirements. Whether the application is transmitting information by Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or another wireless protocol, a pre-aged, premium oscillator ensures better transmission speeds, less bitrate errors and a tight, stable signal. Engineers rely on ECS Inc. products when they need to ensure their applications will deliver information as expected.
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High-performing oscillators with a variable power supply: Quartz crystal oscillators with flexible voltage capabilities ensure that any AI application has the power supply it needs to deliver its signature technology. Manufacturers that design crystal oscillators that operate at a variable voltage are smart to anticipate the various needs that future technologies require. Variable voltage is particularly important when an oscillator must perform effectively on a waning battery supply.
ECS Inc. MultiVolt™ variable-voltage oscillators include:
The AI and IoT Revolution Will Depend on Frequency Solutions from ECS Inc.
The exciting capabilities ushered in by the growth of AI technology in IoT electronics promise to improve many industries and aspects of life as we know them today.
From reducing workplace inefficiencies, to additional “eyes” that can diagnose and potentially even treat illnesses, to cities that can monitor their own energy usage, today’s biggest challenges now seem conquerable.
No matter what AI brings in the short and long term, ECS Inc. will solve these new technologies’ timing requirements. When talented ECS Inc. engineers recognize a need, they get to work on solutions, such as low-aging quartz crystals and oscillators with voltage flexibility.
Anticipating what is next and delivering solutions exactly when they are needed is the ECS Inc. way. Get in touch with ECS Inc. to get the products you require for your next future-forward design.
IoT and AI: What Do They Mean for the Future? was last modified: November 7th, 2023 by