ISW Stuttgart
Virtualized control systems using TSN backbone
The major challenges in implementing virtualized control systems are scalability and connectivity to the field level. An implementation at the ISW shows that this can already be achieved today using a TSN network.
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Topics and products in this article
- Institute for Control Engineering in the Machine Tool and Manufacturing Industry (ISW)
- Avnu Alliance Administration
- TSN
- Memory program control (PLC)
- Safety controls
- PC-based controls
- NC/CNC controls
- Logic modules/control relays
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