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In this episode, we dive into the enduring appeal of traditional controls like buttons, switches, and keyboards in the world of Human Machine Interfaces. While touchscreens and voice commands are trending, there’s a reason why tactile feedback and reliability remain essential in critical applications – like emergency stops.

We also explore how advancements in technologies like IO-Link and CAN bus are making these controls smarter, more flexible, and even reprogrammable. And did you know the demand for push-buttons is growing at an impressive eight percent annually through 2030? 

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This article readout is part of The Quintessence magazine. The latest issue explores the latest trends in technology and offers valuable insights into the fascinating world of Human Machine Interfaces. Access it free of charge here: https://library.ebv.com/link/140915/

As the technologisation of our society increases, so does the importance of Human Machine Interfaces. The latest advancements now enable machines to be controlled intuitively with speech and gestures. In the future, technical systems may even be able to respond empathetically to humans. 
Join us in this episode to dive into the diversity of Human Machine Interfaces!

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In this episode of Passion for Technology, we dive into the visionary concept of the All Electric Society – a world where CO₂-neutral energy is generated and consumed exclusively through renewable, electric sources. Our host, Mustafa, speaks with two industry leaders: Kris Casey, Vice President of Product Marketing in the Power Solutions Group at onsemi, and Andrej Orel, Director of Segment City and Infrastructure at EBV Elektronik. Together, they explore how the semiconductor industry is driving the shift towards this sustainable future. For more information about semiconductor solutions powering the All Electric Society, please visit: onsemi Energy Infrastructure | EBV Elektronik and onsemi Reliable SiC Solutions | EBV Elektronik

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Discover more about the concept of the All Electric Society in the latest edition of TQ magazine, available free of charge: https://library.ebv.com/link/12188/

In this episode, the vision of the All Electric Society takes centre stage, brought to life through the innovative All Electric Society Park by Phoenix Contact in Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Inaugurated in September 2023, the park showcases how renewable energy can be generated, stored, distributed, and utilised through real-world applications. With electric mobility, smart buildings, dedicated transport infrastructure, and production facilities, it represents a microcosm of sustainable energy management.

Joel Stratemann, Manager of Business Development Integrated Energy Solutions at Phoenix Contact, joins the discussion to share valuable insights into this pioneering project and its potential to shape the future of energy.

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In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of the All Electric Society with our guest, Karl Lehnhoff, Director of the Industrial, Scientific & Medical segment at EBV Elektronik. The All Electric Society envisions a carbon-neutral world where energy is primarily sourced and consumed through electricity, driving a more sustainable and decarbonized future. How realistic is this vision? What challenges do we face in making it a reality? And how can businesses and consumers alike benefit from this shift?

Join us as we explore these questions and more with Karl, who shares his expertise on the technologies, infrastructure changes, and societal shifts necessary to bring the All Electric Society to life.

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Today, our everyday life is full of technology. This technology wants to be operated, the human being must somehow interact with the device, the machine or the technical system: This is the field of human-machine interfaces, or HMI for short. With the complexity of the technologies that surround us every day, the need for Human Machine Interfaces that offer the most positive user experience possible is also increasing. Allied Market Research estimates that the global market for human-machine interfaces will grow to US$10.8 billion by 2031 – up from US$4 billion in 2021. As this happens, interaction options are becoming increasingly diverse, with HMI solutions ranging from push buttons and multi-touch screens to voice and gesture control. In this episode we talk to Karl Lehnhoff, Director of the segment Industrial, Scientific & Medical at EBV Elektronik, about trends and technologies in this exciting market.

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One of the greatest challenges in human-machine interfaces is natural interaction. Technology has already made great progress with solutions such as gesture and voice control. Recently, the focus has also turned to controlling machines by thought: brain-machine interfaces measure the brain’s EEG signals and derive control commands for computers, machines or robots from them. One of the pioneers in the use of EEG data for interaction with robotic systems is the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.

Here, the EXPECT research project is currently underway, whose main goal is to develop an adaptive, self-learning platform for human-robot collaboration. It should not only enable various types of active interaction, but also be able to deduce the human’s intention from gestures, language, eye movements and brain activity – the machine should therefore be able to guess what the human is going to do next.
An exciting project – which is why we are very pleased that we can welcome Prof. Dr. Elsa Kirchner today. She is EXPECT’s project manager for the Robotics Innovation Center research area and will be able to give us interesting insights into the project and the state of research on brain-machine interfaces.

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For a long time – and in many places still today – line production with assembly lines and fixed cycles was considered the pinnacle of rational production. It promised high, repeatable quality and cost-effective production. But in the meantime, the focus is shifting away from the mass production of a specific item to products configured individually for customers with ever shorter delivery times. In the smart factory, flexibility is the trump card. At the same time, companies need to increase their productivity and resilience in order to survive in global competition. We’ll be discussing how companies can master these challenges with our two guests in this episode, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Director at Fraunhofer IEM, and Karl Lehnhoff, Director of the Segment Industrial, Scientific & Medical at EBV Elektronik.

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A factory that works independently, that produces even the smallest batch sizes without human assistance, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and all this at significantly lower unit costs and much more efficiently than before – that is the vision of autonomous production. But how close is industry really to this vision today? And what does it actually take to make it work? In this episode we’ve been talking to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Jasperneite, Director of Fraunhofer IOSB-INA and Professor at Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH-OWL) in Lemgo, and Arnd Geissler, Regional Application Manager at EBV Elektronik, about those questions and got exciting insights in the factory of the future.

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In the smart factory, machines communicate with each other, control themselves and processes are becoming increasingly agile. At the same time, man and machine are working ever more closely together – the keyword being cobots. This also changes the requirements for functional safety – i.e. the protection of people and the environment from threats that can emanate from machines. Functional safety and security go hand in hand, addressing the comprehensive protection of physical and cyber aspects in this advanced manufacturing setting. Up to now, safety concepts have been very hardware-related and thus static. The modern smart factory, however, needs flexible solutions that ensure both the protection of people and machines and the necessary flexibility and availability. In this episode, we are discussing how this can be solved with Stephan Strohmeier, Head of Safety & Security Solutions at NewTec GmbH and Sven Blankenberg, Regional Application Manager Central Europe West at EBV Elektronik.

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