Developing a Fully Portable Containerized Edge Architecture for Commercial Vehicle Industry

Learn how Cummins revolutionized edge IoT development in this EclipseCon 2023 conference presentation that showcases a groundbreaking fully portable and hardware-agnostic edge architecture. Discover how the company achieved over 50% reduction in development costs and time-to-market through innovative containerization strategies. Explore technical implementations including resource optimization for low-powered edge devices using small base OCI images, efficient software orchestration through open-source solutions, and secure communication protocols developed in collaboration with Eclipse SDV projects. Follow the journey from initial concept to industry-wide adoption, examining practical solutions for container monitoring, management, and secure MQTT API implementation. Gain insights into overcoming cybersecurity challenges, managing mission-critical container updates, and establishing reliable communication between containers and vehicle CAN systems. See real-world results of parallel hardware and software development that enabled successful digital product delivery, culminating in a demonstration of the production-ready container-based edge hardware/software and cloud management solution scheduled for Q4-2023 launch.