News from the area of networking
What is currently happening in the fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless sectors? Computer&AUTOMATION has compiled new products in a picture gallery.
read more...read more...Upgrading HART devices for fieldbuses
A fieldbus interface that can be integrated into devices and configured via a script enables analog transmitters with a HART interface, for example, to be upgraded cost-effectively for operation on Foundation Fieldbus and Profibus PA.
read more...Data pipeline ASi-5
High data width, short cycle times, improved integration of intelligent sensors and actuators using IO-Link and cloud connectivity via OPC UA - ASi-5 makes AS-Interface fit for the requirements of digitalization.
read more...The principle of the second channel
Standardizing data and its exchange across all system boundaries and into the cloud is one of the concerns of Industry 4.0. One possible approach to efficiently transferring the data generated by sensors is the 'dual-channel principle'.
read more...AS-i 5 in the starting blocks
The ASi-3 standard is now reaching its limits in some applications - time for a 'new edition' of communication via flat cable. As ASi-5, this also makes IO-Link network-compatible, among other things.
read more...CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer steps down
ABB announced today that CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer (55) is stepping down from the position he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Voser (61), will also assume the position of interim CEO with immediate effect.
read more...The current installation figures
Every year, the Profibus User Organization (PNO) publishes the installed base of devices with Profibus&Profinet International communication technology interfaces. The latest figures are now available.
read more...New products at the industrial trade fair
'Industrial Intelligence' - this is the guiding theme of the Hannover Messe 2019. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of the products that can be seen in Hanover in a picture gallery.
read more...Support for MQTT
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the 'Ixxat CANbridge NT' and the 'CAN@net NT' from HMS Industrial Networks comes with numerous new functions and improvements.
read more...OPC UA, MQTT and co.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) covers very different areas of application. The available connectivity technologies and standards are just as diverse as the application areas. How can the right technology be filtered out in each case?
read more...
