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Driven by their end customers, automation technology providers are currently in the process of solving the first task in modern industrial IoT applications: End-to-end communication based on open standards such as OPC UA and TSN.
read more...Will OPC UA in particular, in combination with TSN, replace fieldbuses? Andreas Huhmann, who is also a board member of SmartFactory-KL, questions this theory and makes a plea for the long-serving fieldbus.
read more...What do users expect from the control technology of the future? What are the trends in programming and engineering? A current market study, conducted on behalf of WEKA Fachmedien, provides answers.
read more...The PCIe and PCIe mini card series Ixxat Inpact from HMS enables the connection of customer-specific applications to fieldbus and industrial Ethernet systems. In addition to Profibus, Profinet, Ethercat, Ethernet/IP, Powerlink and Modbus-TCP are supported.
read more...With effect from June 30, 2017, Michael Volz is handing over his responsibilities within the HMS Group and the chairmanship of the management board to Thilo Döring. After 17 years, Volz is retiring from the operational business.
read more...HMS Industrial Networks is launching further CAN FD products on the market and offers a range of products for CAN FD technology under the Ixxat brand - from PC interfaces, bridges/routers and gateways to analysis tools.
read more...Akytec has added an additional Ethernet interface to the SPK107E and SPK110E control panel series. The devices in the SPK1XX family essentially consist of a freely programmable PLC with a resistive TFT touchscreen in 5, 7 and 10 inch sizes.
read more...Fraunhofer IIS presented the IoT-Bus with integrated security concept for the first time at embedded world 2017. Project manager Andreas Oeder explains the background.
read more...All signs point to the fact that Ethernet TSN could be a major step towards moving away from proprietary communication protocols in automation technology - right down to field level, for sophisticated drive technology applications.
read more...Although initiated by the automotive industry, the extended CAN version CAN FD is also suitable for industrial applications. But can the CANopen protocol also be transmitted in CAN FD networks and is the whole thing suitable for Industry 4.0 and the IIoT?
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