Profibus & ProfinetReview of the PI Conference 2017

The fifth PI Conference took place in Frankfurt at the end of March. The central question during the two-day event: What role can Profibus and Profinet play in the networking of Industry 4.0 in the future?

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1_Karsten Schneider on the Profinet nodes installed in 2016
© Profibus Nutzerorganisation

Let's start the conference with a look at the figures: According to PNO board member Karsten Schneider (left in the picture), the number of installed Profinet nodes grew to around 56 million in 2016, and the number of Profinet nodes to over 16 million. A question that is currently on the minds of the entire fieldbus community: ...

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