OPC UA plus TSN - set? - Computer&AUTOMATION

IoT and industrial communication

Meinrad Happacher, Michael Schneidawind | Davina Spohn, 18.12.2017, 08:47

OPC UA plus TSN - set?

OPC UA plus TSN is demanded by many automation engineers as the communication backbone for the factory of the future? What was on show at SPS IPC Drives 2017 in terms of the technologies required for this? Which political threads are being pulled?

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