In the era of the Internet of Things, why are smart sensors called "electric facial features"?

Sensor technology is one of the fast-developing high and new technologies, and it is also an important symbol of the development of contemporary science and technology. Masayoshi Son of Softbank has a very interesting theory. He believes that one of the reasons for the explosion of life in the Cambrian is that creatures have acquired eyes-"sensors."

With eyes, creatures begin to chase and prey on other creatures. More importantly, the eyes can collect a lot of data as sensors. As the amount of data increases, the brain's learning cycle will speed up, which will further promote the evolution of biology.

Smart power sensor

People use sense organs such as eyes, ears, mouth and nose to obtain information from the outside world. However, in studying natural phenomena and production activities, the functions of people's own sense organs are far from enough. It is in this situation that IoT sensors came into being. It can be said that sensors are the extension of human facial features and are also called "electric facial features".

With the advent of the new technological revolution, the world is transitioning from the mobile Internet to a new era of Internet of Everything. At that time, not only people to people, but also people to things, and things to things can be interconnected. The massive amount of data generated will completely change people's lives and even reshape the entire commercial society.

Among them, the sensor technology with sensors as the core is the entrance to data collection, the nerve ending of the Internet of Things, the only way and means for all systems to obtain data and information, and it is also the foundation and core of realizing big data analysis.

Compared with traditional sensors, smart sensors have the following advantages

1. Real-time, high-speed, and accurate reading of all electrical parameters such as real-time harmonics, starting current, current, voltage, power, power factor, power, and temperature of the equipment.
2. The operation, performance status, fault warning and abnormal alarm of the monitoring equipment are displayed and analyzed on the application platform.
3. Support historical data output and report production.
4. Can be remotely controlled on and off.
5. Good reliability, small size, light weight, beautiful appearance and easy installation.

Intelligent development, wide application of sensors

Industrial Internet of Things is the continuous integration of various acquisition or control sensors or controllers with perception and monitoring capabilities, as well as ubiquitous technology, mobile communication, intelligent analysis and other technologies into all aspects of the industrial production process, thereby greatly improving manufacturing efficiency and improving product quality, reduce product costs and resource consumption, and finally achieve a new stage of upgrading traditional industries to intelligence. In terms of application form, the application of the Industrial Internet of Things has the characteristics of real-time, automation, embedded (software), security and information interoperability.

Application of sensors in smart grid

Smart grid is the intelligentization of the power grid. It makes full use of advanced ICT technology to build a reliable, high-speed, two-way communication channel, and finally realizes a reliable, safe, economical, efficient, environmentally friendly and safe power grid through sensing technology.

To build a smart grid, intelligent sensors will be implanted in power grid equipment on a large scale to fully sense the operating status of the equipment in real time, self-interpret, self-perceive, self-diagnose, and interactively evaluate. All links and systems of the smart grid will also perceive and understand each other. Devices such as smart temperature regulators, smart switches, and smart appliances can understand people's behaviors and demands. Devices and devices, and devices and people will build a fully connected world.

"Connecting the world, sensing first" has become a general consensus in today's IoT industry. As the Internet of Things further expands to various vertical industries, the sensor industry will be detonated. The trillion-level Internet of Things market means a huge prospect for the sensor market, which is both an opportunity and a challenge for YTL.