Sensor / actuator communication
Starting signal for ASi-5
At SPS IPC Drives 2018, the AS-International Association will be launching ASi-5 - the completely new generation of the AS-Interface bus system for the sensor/actuator level.
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Sensor / actuator communication
At SPS IPC Drives 2018, the AS-International Association will be launching ASi-5 - the completely new generation of the AS-Interface bus system for the sensor/actuator level.

Kostal Industrie Elektrik describes the latest member of its 'Inveor' drive controller family as a "new dimension in decentralized drive technology". It is intended to open up new markets for the company, such as conveyor technology and logistics.

The so-called fieldbus war has been going on for a good 30 years now; users have to deal with around 20 different fieldbus variants! Will this change with TSN plus OPC UA? The negotiations are in full swing!
embedded world Conference 2019
embedded world continues to develop excellently. The prospects for the embedded world Conference, whose program is already online, are just as excellent. The motto of this year's embedded world Conference is: Embedded Intelligence.
SPS IPC Drives will be held for the last time from November 27 to 29. The reason: To mark the 30th anniversary of the Nuremberg automation technology trade fair in 2019, organizer Mesago is changing the name of the trade fair.
SPS IPC Drives 2018 is casting its shadow ahead. Organizer Mesago is expecting around 1,600 exhibitors at the trade fair for automation technology, which will take place in Nuremberg from 27 to 29 November and this year's theme is 'Smart and Digital Automation'.

On its way to Industry 4.0, the industry is still reluctant to go beyond 100 Mbit Ethernet technology. A plea as to why the switch to Gigabit Ethernet network technologies must begin now!
With a large number of control systems in the field, it is often difficult to maintain an overview. This is where the 'Codesys Automation Server' comes in: It enables convenient administration of all controllers via the digital image of each PLC in the network.

On October 30, 2018, Texas Instruments announced the first processor family suitable for multi-protocol, gigabit and TSN (Time-Sensitive Networking) operation.

Turck is expanding the 'TBEN-S' I/O module family with a variant for serial interfaces. The TBEN-S-2COM connects devices with RS232 or RS485 interfaces directly in the field to controllers with the Profinet, Ethernet/IP or Modbus TCP protocols.