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Sensors Insights: Bridging Hardware Collection and Software Analysis

Moore's Lobby · 21 Apr 2026 · 56m · Episode 2

What this episode covers

Nils Beckmann, Director of Engineering for Intelligent Automation at Emerson, discusses the convergence of hardware and software in industrial IoT. He explains that while sensors are the critical data source, the primary challenge is bridging the skill gap between hardware engineers who lack software knowledge and software engineers who misunderstand physical constraints. Beckmann advises starting with simple monitoring of existing sensors to establish baselines before attempting complex predictive maintenance, emphasizing that repeatability is often more valuable than high accuracy for analytics.

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large enterprises

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Companies
Emerson
Chips
Raspberry Pi
Tools
ChatGPT, PLC
Also
Control Automation Day

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