Cell phone instead of controller
Can smartphones and tablets replace tried-and-tested machine control systems? And if so, what conclusions can be drawn from this for classic automation?
read more...read more...Identification systems speak OPC UA
Together with the Fraunhofer Application Center Industrial Automation, Turck has taken up the cause of developing an interface for OPC UA communication between RFID readers and controllers.
read more...5G technologies in the context of security
Industry 4.0 goes hand in hand with the strong networking of systems, machines, devices and product components. This raises the question of how the proven principles of functional safety can be combined with the cooperative concepts of Industrial IIoT.
read more...Single Line Engineering
Industry 4.0 calls for automation concepts in which the control intelligence can be distributed across many components. IEC 61499 opens up interesting possibilities here that are not obvious at first glance - for example, single line engineering.
read more...Modeling cyber physical systems in a meaningful way
Cyber-Physical Systems - CPS for short - play an important role in the context of Industry 4.0 and IoT. But how can the proven formal design patterns of automation be combined with the underlying cooperative control concept?
read more...Lua - an alternative to PLC programming?
When programming real-time applications, developers still fall back on their usual, albeit often complex, languages such as C and C++ or traditional PLC programming. Scripting languages such as Lua are an interesting alternative.
read more...The further development of IEC 61131
Today, industrial control systems are often programmed in accordance with the international standard IEC 61131-3. What are the latest developments in this area? And what do future specifications look like with regard to the realization of Industry 4.0 architectures?
read more...The cyber-physical production system
The requirements for tomorrow's sensors and measuring systems in the context of Industry 4.0 can be determined with the help of cyber-physical production systems. The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University is presenting one of these.
read more...What is behind the RAMI 4.0 reference architecture
With 'RAMI 4.0', Bitkom, VDMA and ZVEI have jointly defined a three-dimensional reference architecture for Industry 4.0. What exactly is behind this model and what are the details of the terms used in it?
read more...The Industry 4.0-compatible testing system
Industry 4.0 can only progress in close cooperation between mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology. Fraunhofer makes optical quality inspection suitable for Industry 4.0.
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