
IIoT functions for Ethernet I/O system
With the FW 1.6.0 firmware update for the GEN-3G and GEN-N Ethernet gateways of the excom I/O system, Turck is improving the IIoT capabilities and simplifying maintenance and commissioning of the system.

With the FW 1.6.0 firmware update for the GEN-3G and GEN-N Ethernet gateways of the excom I/O system, Turck is improving the IIoT capabilities and simplifying maintenance and commissioning of the system.

With the inline bus coupler for Modbus/TCP (UDP) IL ETH BK-PAC, Phoenix Contact is expanding its product portfolio for setting up remote I/O solutions in the control cabinet.

Hilscher has expanded its IO-Link wireless portfolio with the netField Device IO-Link Wireless Bridge. The bridge connects all IO-Link Class A sensors to an IO-Link wireless master of the user's choice and thus integrates them into Real-Time Ethernet systems.

Echostar Mobile Limited, provider of mobile satellite services, announces the launch of an early adopter program for the pan-European satellite-based IoT service based on the LoRa protocol.
Deutsche Messe and Siemens are giving all companies access to innovative industrial 5G technology in the "5G Smart Venue" in Hanover. Siemens itself is presenting the real-time capable transmission of Profinet IO via a 5G network at the Hannover Messe.

What do chameleons, tattooed fairies and circuit diagrams have in common? All motifs are winners of the "WEKA Ad Award 2022"! The trophies were presented at an awards ceremony at the Kongressbar in Munich.

Siemens is discontinuing its business in Russia after around 170 years. The sanctions against the country reduce profits in the second quarter by around 600 million euros.

The market for industrial networks is expected to grow by 8% in 2022. Industrial Ethernet continues to show the strongest growth and now accounts for 66% of all newly installed nodes (65% in the previous year).

Unplanned network outages are poison for business processes. Cisco is now tackling this problem with an AI-based technology for predicting and potentially resolving network problems.
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The chances of success for digitization concepts à la Industry 4.0 depend largely on the underlying IT infrastructure. Key components for this are factory edge concepts and open hybrid cloud architectures.

Vahle combines its inductive energy transmission systems with IO-Link wireless components from Coretigo.

The EKI-2701MPI-5G is a PoE injector of the 'EKI-2701' model series and is compatible with IEEE 802.3af/at/bt. It supports multiple data rates (10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G) and IEEE802.3bt 90W PoE output.

The PLX switch from Microsens in a robust stainless steel housing also works in harsh environments.

The modular bus system MBS from Georg Schlegel is a proprietary bus system that can be integrated into fieldbus systems such as Profibus DP, AS-Interface or CANopen as well as industrial Ethernet networks such as Profinet, Ethernet/IP, Ethercat or Powerlink and IO-Link.
Testbeds play a decisive role in the development of TSN towards a cross-manufacturer ecosystem. What progress has the TSN testbed at ISW made in recent years and what current challenges are currently being discussed there?
While the stock market rankings were dominated by oil companies ten years ago, companies in the digital industry are now setting the pace. But for data to flow and create added value, pipelines in the form of standardized communication protocols are required.
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Here they are, the winners of the "Products of the Year 2022" readers' poll! Find out which products and solutions from 2021 impressed our readers!
They form the basis of Industry 4.0: components and systems from the field of communication & networking. Here are the winners in this category.