Embedded Systems in Industrial Automation 4.0

Industrial automation 4.0 extensively relies upon cybernetics technologies to improve the efficiency of various industrial processes. Cybernetics technologies are the prime enablers of the industrial internet of things (IIoT), and are widely implemented in hardware in the form of embedded systems. Embedded systems play a vital role in the creation of new automated processes as well as in the development of new smart products. Industrial automation 4.0 and its embedded systems face several challenges such as scalability, information privacy, data integrity, trust, interoperability constraints, data/service security and more. This paper presents on overview of various aspects related to embedded systems from an industrial automation 4.0 perspective. Furthermore, it presents the implementation steps involved in developing smart/cyber physical frameworks using embedded technology in industrial context. Integration of a Raspberry Pi enabled workstation with IoT-based industrial automation and wireless network communication standards used in IIoT embedded systems, such as STM32H7, are also discussed.