Industrial edge intelligence developer Litmus Automation has launched an easy to implement analytics system for the company’s edge computing platform for industrial IoT, LoopEdge. The new package, Ready Analytics, is designed to reduce manual setup and configuration time, accelerating time-to-value and data intelligence at the edge. 

LoopEdge Ready Analytics features include: time series analysis functions that monitor data over time, such as inputs average, inputs maximum/minimum, and inputs summation; ready-to-go key performance indicators (KPIS) such as asset utilisation, up-time/downtime, actual production time, cycle time ratio, compliance and production loss, total units manufactured, and capacity utilisation; live data fed to user-created machine learning models to generate desired outputs such as prediction, and anomaly detection; and special functions such as statistical anomaly detection, statistical prediction and mathematical expression.

Litmus developed the new Ready Analytics functions for LoopEdge over the past year, based on common industrial customer use cases. The new functions are scalable in a horizontal setup, such as general plant monitoring or vertical integration, such as CNC monitoring. 

According to Litmus Automation, no additional effort is needed to scale to any number of nodes once LoopEdge is installed. As soon as data is collected, users can select various analytic functions and manufacturing KPIs.  Customers can also visualise and integrate the analysed data into their larger ecosystem either on-premise or in the Cloud.

“LoopEdge has always done a great job of collecting and normalising data from any type of hardware – but now we are improving the workflow with KPIs and key analytics that bring more intelligence to the edge,” said Vatsal Shah, Co-founder and CEO of Litmus Automation. “We’ve taken away the pain and hassle with ready-made features, allowing our customers to reduce the time and money spent creating complicated functions. Of course, they can always customise analytics, but the benefit of realising valuable data with just a few clicks cannot be overstated.”