Macnica (hereinafter President to as Macnica), a total service/solution provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT 94 million yen) is a development kit "SENSPIDER Developers Package" that allows users to implement custom AI models / data processing on the sensor gateway & edge computing terminal "SENSPIDER" developed and sold by Macnica. Spider Developers Package) has been released.

SENSPIDER is an unprecedented product that can acquire high-precision analog sensor data such as wideband vibration sensors and output AI analysis and judgment results on the spot. Since it is possible to complete everything from high-speed sampling of sensor signals to custom AI models and data processing at the edge in a single unit, condition monitoring, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance using sensor data such as vibration sensors in the industrial IoT market. It is a product suitable for the realization of such a theme.

* Details of “SENSPIDER”: https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/ai_iot/products/hardware/senspider/

With the newly released "SENSPIDER Developers Package", SENSPIDER users will be able to use their own AI models optimized for their respective environments to build more accurate systems.

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In addition to providing "SENSPIDER" and "SENSPIDER Developers Package, Macnica also offers contract development services for custom AI models according to customer requests.

Going forward, we will continue to utilize our experience and know-how in problem-solving in the manufacturing industry to support the digital transformation of companies and promote initiatives to solve business problems together with our customers.

■ Overview of the development kit "SENSPIDER Developers Package"

• Can be downloaded free of charge from the SENSPIDER user support site
• Provides the necessary APIs to implement user-customized algorithms in SENSPIDER
• Data processing/AI inference model is executed by Python script

■ Use case

(1) Development of new functions for industrial equipment manufacturers

By incorporating SENSPIDER into the device, it is possible to implement a user-developed AI algorithm with a simple configuration, contributing to shortening the product development period and reducing development costs.

Example) Fujikoshi Co., Ltd.

Comment from Fujikoshi Co., Ltd.
We are using SENSPIDER, which can perform everything from acquiring sensor data to making decisions based on machine learning, and are proceeding with development toward smart machines.

(2) Strengthen solutions provided by manufacturing industry solution vendors

When providing your own IoT solution to end users, you can supplement the lacking functions by combining it with SENSPIDER, which can implement edge processing and custom AI models.

Example) Core Concept Technology Co., Ltd.
When sending data to the data platform of our own IoT solution "Orizuru", SENSPIDER performs custom edge processing and realizes connection with various analog sensors without an edge PC.

Comment from Core Concept Technology Co., Ltd.
Conventionally, in order to transmit data from a vibration sensor to a cloud platform, it was necessary to install a data logger and a PC on the edge side. It is now possible to provide an inexpensive and simple hardware configuration.

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