The Greenfield platform
Delta Logic used the 25th anniversary celebrations to present an IoT platform developed jointly with RST Industrie Automation. Delta Logic Managing Director Rainer Hönle explains what's behind it in an interview.
read more...read more...Smart Grid - the next step
The VHPready standard is intended to make the smart grid a reality. The further development to version 5.0 is intended to make the standard fit for digitalization - with artificial intelligence and protocol-independent information models.
read more...Automation devices in transition
IT and automation are growing together. Industrial automation is therefore facing the challenge of having to break up the existing inflexible infrastructure - which in turn places completely new demands on automation technology. One possible approach.
read more...The shaper knot
The ODVA announced on 16 August that it is developing a new network stack that harmonizes a native OPC UA information model with the CIP profiles. What is the context of this announcement? What does this have to do with the shapers and the OPC Foundation?
read more...The combination with DDS
The Data Distribution Service (DDS) for real-time systems can be combined with the upcoming IEEE TSN standards. The result: a distributed and data-centric integration framework that offers high reliability and availability.
read more...Safely monitor movements
New in the Bihl+Wiedemann range is the AS-i FSoE Gateway BWU3509 with integrated safety monitor (FSoE stands for Safety over Ethercat).
read more...Securing systems right from the start
OPC UA already offers a high level of security. However, the security mechanisms must be configured correctly with regard to possible threats. 'Stride', a methodology developed by Microsoft for systematic security threat analysis, is suitable for this purpose.
read more...Cable replacement in process plants
Replacing cables with radio links has been a tried and tested technology in mobile telephony for decades, and something similar is now also being developed in process technology systems. A Schildknecht development in the form of the "M12 Wireless Distribution System" is geared towards this.
read more...OPC UA development on embedded systems
The OPC UA embedded toolkit from Softing is based on the ANSI-C standard and has low memory requirements and low computing power requirements.
read more...The Industry 4.0 case
Fraunhofer IOSB-INA has developed a new type of mobile sensor system. What looks like luggage is actually a mobile 'Industry 4.0 analysis case' for machines and systems.
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