Science is no stranger to replicas of real-world structures: laboratories around the world have been working for decades with models, simulators and recreations of objects, processes, machines and even the human body to test advances, technologies and developments in safe environments. However, the advancement of science and technology itself has allowed us to shed light on what is known as ‘Digital Twins’, the evolution of models that have historically allowed the advancement of knowledge.
Digital twins represent a paradigm shift, as they allow structures and realities of the physical world to be recreated in a virtual environment. In this way, they break material barriers to offer a deep knowledge of the recreated element and expand its limits without risks. Furthermore, the versatility of digital twins, precisely because they are virtual, allows us to recreate any imaginable reality: from a human body to a factory, including an entire city, a vehicle, or an infrastructure. There are no limits to a digital twin, nor are there limits to recreating scenarios that allow us to achieve an unprecedented degree of knowledge through the simulation of diverse situations.
“The advance of digital twins allows us not only to know an element in depth, but also to monitor it in real time. This occurs when the physical object incorporates sensors that transfer data to the digital model, thus increasing the analysis capacity of the recreated reality,” explains Asier Culebras, general director of Wireless Logic Spain.
Real world structures in a virtual ecosystem
In this dual scheme that takes into account the physical object or reality and the digital twin, sensors and connected devices become an essential part of a model whose ability to offer reliable and secure information depends directly on the robustness of their connectivity.
For the information reflected by a digital twin to be consistent with the nature of the real object and the objectives to be achieved, it is necessary to deploy a network of connected devices capable of collecting and transmitting information in real time. In the urban context, the digital twin requires the installation of sensors and devices in various city systems. These nodes collect and transmit information in real time that, when captured in the virtual model, allows scenarios to be simulated to address incidents or improve operational efficiency. “The value of a digital twin lies in the quality of the real-world data with which it has been built, and that data will have more value as long as it comes from a network of connected devices capable of responding to monitoring needs with sufficient depth and resilience to become high-value assets,” Asier emphasizes.
In this sense, and given that the digital twin must necessarily be linked to real-world data, Wireless Logic, the leading global provider of IoT connectivity, has the Kheiron IoT Suite platform, which brings together in a single solution the platform to create a digital twin, the hardware necessary to weave a network of nodes composed of sensors and routers to collect and transmit information from the physical world, and a connectivity layer that ensures the inviolability of the data and its continuity in any situation.
How to create and manage digital twins
Kheiron IoT Suite streamlines the creation of digital twins through a versatile SaaS model that simplifies enterprise application development. This solution integrates monitoring, control and optimization tools in a single platform, allowing organizations to accelerate their design cycles thanks to its low-code environment. In addition, its compatibility with more than 850 preconfigured sensors guarantees immediate deployment, transforming the information captured in real time into strategic knowledge and business opportunities.
“The Kheiron IoT Suite platform not only allows you to design and manage a digital twin, but it also becomes a business facilitator because it offers the possibility of selling branded business applications to third parties, thus generating a new business avenue while, in parallel, helping to advance from the point of view of development, knowledge and innovation,” highlights Asier.
Being a development of Wireless Logic, Kheiron IoT Suite focuses on connectivity: it offers more than 25 communication protocols to adapt to the nature of any sensor and manufacturer, allows IoT sensors to be integrated with IT/OT systems and is compatible with customer IoT data centers to take advantage of every piece of information available. In addition, an integrated security layer allows you to anticipate operational and security incidents. The platform detects unforeseen data consumption or unauthorized access, monitoring the location and status of each device at all times. This guarantees total traceability, including access control through different user profiles and dashboards.
The platform detects unforeseen data consumption or unauthorized access, monitoring the location and status of each device at all times.
In short, Kheiron IoT Suite is a complete solution to promote the ecosystem of digital twins in the 21st century, converted into the epicenter of knowledge and innovation thanks to its ability to create virtual replicas of physical systems that allow data to be converted into business decision-makers. This technology is now within reach of any company or organization that wants to take advantage of the convergence of sensors, data and virtualization to drive its growth and continuous optimization.
