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With the CPS-MG341-ADSC1-111 M2M Gateway PLC Controller multifunction module from Contec, Plug-In Electronic is expanding its portfolio with a further series of PLC data acquisition devices for industrial applications.
read more...In the first part of the article series, Klaus-Dieter Walter from SSV Software Systems reported on the initial experiences of a LoRa pilot project in Germany. Jürgen Kern, Managing Director at NetModule, describes the LoRa situation in Switzerland in particular.
read more...The Industrial Internet of Things will connect devices, machines and entire systems to each other and to the cloud. As in other industrial sectors, the challenge for robotics is to master the resulting explosion in data volumes.
read more...Industry 4.0 is driven and implemented more by 'upper' SMEs and corporations than by small and medium-sized enterprises. What is the reason for this and what new approaches can be used to give SMEs easy access to Industry 4.0?
read more...In the April issue of 'Quarterly Robotics', Computer&AUTOMATION took up the discussion of whether a robot tax makes sense in the age of digitalization. A reader's opinion.
read more...Driven by their end customers, automation technology providers are currently in the process of solving the first task in modern industrial IoT applications: End-to-end communication based on open standards such as OPC UA and TSN.
read more...As part of the IoT trend, new IoT wireless networks are now emerging that are being positioned as competitors to existing mobile networks - such as LoRa. Klaus-Dieter Walter, Managing Director of SSV Software Systems, talks about his initial experiences with a LoRa pilot project in Germany.
read more...Will OPC UA in particular, in combination with TSN, replace fieldbuses? Andreas Huhmann, who is also a board member of SmartFactory-KL, questions this theory and makes a plea for the long-serving fieldbus.
read more...At the beginning of April 2017, around 1,000 international experts met in Shenzhen, China, for the second China manufacturing 2025 Summit, which focused on the topic of 'Global transformation to intelligent manufacturing'. Rahman Jamal was there and shares his impressions.
read more...Baudis IoT is a predictive maintenance system from Baumüller. In broad terms, the networked system consists of sensors, a 'Baudis IoT Box' and software with big data algorithms. Data is collected via decentralized sensors on the drive.
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