Ethernet communication for hazardous areas
With a Zone 2 Ethernet gateway for the 'excom' I/O system, Turck says it is opening up the world of the process industry for digitalization and Industry 4.0.
read more...read more...Freely programmable interfaces
MC Technologies is offering a new version of its industrial-grade multifunctional gateways from the 'MC100' family for 4G mobile communications. The MC100 GPIO is Microsoft Azure certified and based on Linux.
read more...The reality of Industrial 5G
5G has developed into hype. However, with 5G, many of the promised functions are either not yet available or the assumptions about possible applications are based on unrealistic conditions. The status quo.
read more...The best of two worlds
The increasing networking of systems in the Internet of Things and in the self-driving vehicle of the future makes it necessary to design drive solutions that are both functionally safe and resistant to external manipulation. How can this combination be achieved?
read more...Cabling - still the safest option!
5G is creating new opportunities for manufacturing companies to network system components and processes. What potential does 5G have to implement viable business models? Stefan Ehrlich, CEO of SQL Projekt AG, gives his forecast.
read more...Prototyping and testing of TSN
Very high demands are placed on TSN in terms of interoperability. What contribution do cross-manufacturer testbeds make here? How can the implementations of TSN standards and interoperability be tested?
read more...First specification within reach
At SPS 2018, the Field Level Communication initiative was established under the umbrella of the OPC Foundation. How far has the initiative's work progressed now?
read more...The Edge is modular
Industrial edge servers must be extremely flexible in order to integrate the broad spectrum of tasks. Virtual machines in particular are increasingly being used to consolidate a wide range of Industry 4.0 workloads.
read more...Taking IO-Link further
Automatically detecting all IO-Link devices in a machine, automatically downloading their device descriptions and parameterizing and monitoring them over their entire life cycle independently of the control system and fieldbus - a software tool meets this challenge.
read more...IIoT communication from the sensor to the...
Data exchange from IO-Link via JSON and MQTT becomes possible
The IO-Link community has published a specification that describes how data from IO-Link can be exchanged via JSON REST and MQTT - in the sense of transparent communication in the IIoT.
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