B&B Electronics Acquires Wireless Leader Advanced Embedded Systems.OTTAWA, Ill. -- B&B Electronics, a leading provider of automation and communications products, today announced its acquisition of Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. based, Advanced Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. (AES), a designer and developer of wireless solutions for the industrial market. AES will become part of B&B Electronics' engineering and technical group. The acquisition provides B&B Electronics with in-house wireless design expertise, enhancing the company's research and development capabilities. "The industrial wireless market is experiencing significant growth and we are committed to being a leader in this space," comments B&B Electronics President, Don Wiencek. "In addition to providing B&B Electronics with a broader range of wireless solutions, the AES purchase brings a tremendous amount of customer and market knowledge." As the technology continues to evolve, wireless technologies are increasingly compelling for a broad range of monitoring and supervisory control Supervisory control is a general term for control of many individual controllers or control loops, whether by a human or an automatic control system, although almost every real system is a combination of both. applications. Since its inception, AES has been an innovator in the wireless I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output industrial market. Its offering includes the award-winning wireless I/O product line, which was especially attractive to B&B Electronics because of its ability to wirelessly enable a broad range of existing systems. Using the AES solution, the majority of PLCs, HMIs, and PCs can be equipped for wireless sensor see mote. I/O. "This investment positions B&B Electronics to continue its aggressive growth in the industrial wireless market," states Richard McGrail, President of Avtek, Inc., the parent company of B&B Electronics. "The products and engineering expertise we are acquiring with AES, immediately expands B&B Electronics' product portfolio " About B&B Electronics Founded in 1981, Ottawa, Illinois-based B&B Electronics designs, manufactures, and sells industrial connectivity products such as communications protocol Hardware and software standards that govern data transmission between computers. The term "protocol" is very generic and is used for hundreds of different communications methods. A protocol may define the packet structure of the data transmitted or the control commands that manage the converters and Ethernet infrastructure products. With offices in the US and Europe, the company sells its products worldwide. In addition to manufacturing products, B&B Electronics is also a value-added distributor for many quality vendors. For more information, visit www.bb-elec.com. About AES Advanced Embedded Systems, a Microchip (1) Another term for a microminiaturized integrated circuit (a "chip"). (2) To insert an RFID tag beneath the skin of an animal. It is expected that some day, humans will be microchipped. and MaxStream Certified engineering company, has been serving the sensor, controller, and embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. community and designing and manufacturing award winning wireless I/O solutions for the industrial market for the last six years. For more information, visit www.advancedembedded.com. |
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