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Version 6 of the Windows software PCAN-Explorer from Peak-System for monitoring, controlling and simulating CAN buses has been released. In addition to CAN 2.0 A/B, the software supports the CAN FD standard with up to 64 data bytes per CAN message.
read more...In the Networking Solutions division, Vipa has added intelligent Ethernet switches to its product range. The modules, equipped with five or eight ports, have compact dimensions and are available as unmanaged or managed Ethernet switches.
read more...The family-owned company Phoenix Contact now has an advisory board to advise the management. The Blomberg-based company has also strengthened its position in the field of network technology.
read more...Harting Electronics from Espelkamp and Hirose Electric have agreed on the joint development, product standardization and marketing of a miniaturized connection technology system for 10Gbit Ethernet.
read more...While end devices could previously be supplied with 15 or 25 W via data cable, transmission of up to 100 W is now on the horizon - enough to power a laptop. Power over Ethernet is becoming more powerful and more interesting for users for several reasons.
read more...FDT technology standardizes device management on all common fieldbuses, regardless of the manufacturer. What components and mechanisms are required to implement the FDT interface in a PLC programming environment such as Codesys?
read more...Siemens has announced its figures for the third quarter of 2016. On the positive side, earnings in the industrial business increased by 20% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The negative: Things are anything but going well in the Process Industries & Drives business unit.
read more...Industrial Ethernet / Ethercat
The Technical Working Group Conformance of the Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has released version 2.0 of its Conformance Test Tool (CTT) and with it a significantly expanded test set for Ethercat devices.
read more...Belden presented the first switch based on 'IEEE 802.1 real-time Ethernet TSN' for its Hirschmann brand at the Hannover Messe 2016. Computer&AUTOMATION spoke with Dr. Oliver Kleineberg about the present and future of TSN at Belden.
read more...Is OPC UA in conjunction with the real-time Ethernet variant TSN "the" communication standard for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing? The speakers at the "Industrial Ethernet TSN" congress on September 27 in Stuttgart will get to the bottom of this question.
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