
With integrated fieldbus diagnostics
With the new Simatic Afdisd active field distributor with extended fieldbus diagnostics, Siemens wants to enable fieldbus diagnostics for Profibus PA in the Simatic PCS 7 process control system.
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With the new Simatic Afdisd active field distributor with extended fieldbus diagnostics, Siemens wants to enable fieldbus diagnostics for Profibus PA in the Simatic PCS 7 process control system.
Will fieldbuses soon have to give way to Ethernet technology in the industrial environment? Two automation experts, Michael Volz and Heinrich Munz, explain their views.

The Stuttgart-based Lapp Group closed the 2014/2015 financial year with significant sales growth - the company reported an increase of 8.1%.

Light + Building opens its doors in Frankfurt am Main from March 13 to 18. Around 2500 exhibitors will be presenting their innovations for lighting, electrical engineering and home and building automation.
Kunbus, a solution provider in the field of industrial communication from Denkendorf near Stuttgart, announced the acquisition of the ICP (Industrial Communication Products) division of the Karlsruhe-based company Comsoft at embedded world 2016.

Automotive Ethernet Congress 2016
The success of Ethernet in cars is raising expectations: Transmission speeds of up to 10 GB/s or its use in aircraft are now being discussed. Interest at the second Automotive Ethernet Congress was correspondingly high.
To ensure that everything runs smoothly in drive technology, clean interfaces are required between all parties involved. With this in mind, Profibus & Profinet International (PI) has now launched the certification of products with an encoder profile for Profinet.

McKinsey has published its latest Electric Vehicle Index. The management consultancy examines the position of the 14 most important nations for electromobility and how Germany is positioned.