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...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...Two into one
Manner offers the XtreMA two-in-one dual-range torque transducer for recording multiple rotating torque ranges. This transducer has two torque ranges with two separate and independent signal outputs.
read more...Security-relevant applications in mobile communications
Unitronic presents the RUT955 dual SIM 4G/LTE and WiFi mobile router from Teltonika Networks.
read more...S-DIAS series extended
Sigmatek has expanded its S-DIAS series with the CP313 CPU module for control, regulation and motion tasks and the EC121 interface module.
read more...OPC UA and CIP devices should cooperate
The ODVA and the OPC Foundation have set up a working group to develop an OPC UA Companion Specification that regulates the interaction between OPC UA and the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).
read more...The smartphone as a role model
Bosch Rexroth has designed a new automation platform and taken a lot of inspiration from smartphone technology. - But what is different about ctrlX Automation compared to conventional control systems?
read more...Between analog and digital
When measuring with piezoelectric sensors, the charge amplifier is an indispensable link in the measuring chain. As automation progresses, this component undergoes its own evolution from analog to digital.
read more...Is your patience wearing thin? Stefan Schönegger in conversation
With Single Pair Ethernet - SPE for short - a standardized Ethernet on a one-pair basis is currently being developed. However, two groups of companies - one led by Harting, the other by Phoenix Contact - favor competing mating faces for the standard.
read more...Growth against the trend
Lapp, a provider of integrated solutions and products in the field of cable and connection technology, successfully concluded the 2018/2019 financial year and increased its turnover by 6% to over EUR 1.2 billion.
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