Seamless networking right into the field
With 10BASE-T1L Single Pair Ethernet, a new Ethernet physical layer was adopted as a standard by the IEEE just over a year ago. This new standard will profoundly change process automation.
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With 10BASE-T1L Single Pair Ethernet, a new Ethernet physical layer was adopted as a standard by the IEEE just over a year ago. This new standard will profoundly change process automation.
Whereas a 4- or 8-port master with an Ethernet connection was previously essential for the integration of perhaps just a single IO-Link device, Bihl+ Wiedemann now offers ASi-5 modules with one, two or four IO-Link master ports in various versions.

Interview with Thomas Schildknecht
How does the transmission of Profisafe via Profinet using 5G behave? This question is the focus of the BMBF-funded 5GANG project. Thomas Schildknecht explains the initial results.
Yaskawa has safety modules in its program for the Slio I/O system that support Fail Safe over Ethercat (FSoE).
IO-Link and Single Pair Ethernet
Single Pair Ethernet enables the transmission of Ethernet data via just one pair of wires and therefore promises to connect sensors directly to Ethernet communication. In this respect, SPE is entering the traditional territory of the IO-Link standard.

In this video interview, Roland Bent, CTO at Phoenix Contact, talks about the coronavirus pandemic and why interoperability and openness are so important in times of the Industrial IoT.
Balluff offers special Ethernet/IP network modules for assembly and conveyor technology. The IO-Link masters BNI00EF and BNI00EH enable the fast integration of different IO-Link devices into existing networks.
The first products in the Bihl+Wiedemann family of self-configuring I/O modules are the two ASi-5 modules BWU4230 and BWU4231 in protection class IP67, each with 16 I/Os.
With CANnector, HMS is adding a device with an extended range of interfaces and functions as well as a logging function to its 'Ixxat CAN@net NT' and 'CANbridge NT' series.

OPC UA is set to become the globally recognized standard for the Industrial Internet of Things. During SPS Connect, Stefan Hoppe, President of the OPC Foundation, commented on the status quo of the work.