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Industrial Ethernet with 1 GBit/s
CC-Link IE is the only common industrial Ethernet standard based on a data transmission rate of 1 GBit/s. The CLPA has now specified the 'Basic Mode', according to which products with a 100 MBit Ethernet port can easily be made compatible with CC-Link IE.
read more...There was hardly an automation company at SPS IPC Drives 2016 that did not advertise a gateway for connecting to the IoT. Common approach of all solutions: Machines and systems send their sensor and process values to the cloud via Internet-based protocols.
read more...That was the Wireless Congress 2016
Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet and IoT are driving the development of new wireless technology. Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are currently predicted to grow rapidly. Several wireless technologies are competing with each other - and with mobile communications.
read more...Different standards and platforms: This is hampering the expected market development in the IoT. Heiko Burdack, responsible for Digital Design and Development in T-Systems' Digital Division, explains how Telekom is tackling this problem.
read more...Following the sale of Emerson Network Power to the investment firm Platinum Equity for 4 billion dollars, Rob Johnson becomes CEO of the company, which has been renamed Vertiv. However, Emerson retains a minority stake.
read more...OPC UA TSN as a standardized protocol for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things up to the control level: this is the goal now being pursued by a consortium of IT and automation companies.
read more...Ericsson and RWTH Aachen University are pushing ahead with the development and further research of the new 5G mobile communications technology in the field of Industry 4.0. With this goal in mind, they have now announced the launch of a 'Center Connected Industry'.
read more...Leading automation and information technology suppliers are jointly promoting OPC UA over Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) as the unified communication solution between industrial controllers and to the cloud.
read more...Premiering at this year's SPS IPC Drives was Wonderware Prometheus from Schneider Electric: a configuration tool to define, program and document all components of industrial automation - from production control down to I/O level.
read more...Presented one year back and debuting here: At this year's show CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) and PI (Profibus & Profinet International) presented a joint specification of their two networking variants CC-Link IE and Profinet.
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