Articles and background information on the topic
The major challenges in implementing virtualized control systems are scalability and connectivity to the field level. An implementation at the ISW shows that this can already be achieved today using a TSN network.
read more...TSN is an important building block for convergent communication in flexible production. Mastering and integrating existing fieldbus technologies such as EtherCAT is an important part of the transition. An inventory of what is already possible.
read more...It is currently a major vision: the virtualization of control systems. This and the next article in this series will address this topic. The decisive prerequisite and content of this article is the connectivity of the control system right down to field level.
read more...How can the decoupling of network configuration and application engineering work in TSN applications? What could future workflows look like and how will engineering tools be affected? A proof of concept based on open source solutions points the way.
read more...Digitalization is often reduced to the addition of digital services to traditional systems. However, the real potential lies in a digital ecosystem that needs to be established as part of software-defined manufacturing - TSN plays an important role here.
read more...The Manufacturing-X initiative is driving forward the digitalization of supply chains in industry. But what does a factory that can handle this need to look like? The ISW at the University of Stuttgart provides answers to these questions.
read more...TSN is the extension of the IEEE Ethernet standards to include deterministic quality-of-service mechanisms and is therefore a key enabler for the digitalization of production. This article summarizes current developments and places them in an industrial context.
read more...Flexible, adaptable, dynamic and digital - tomorrow's production technology should be all of these things. The software-defined manufacturing research project aims to turn this vision into reality for the vehicle and supplier industry.
read more...Testbeds play a decisive role in the development of TSN towards a cross-manufacturer ecosystem. What progress has the TSN testbed at ISW made in recent years and what current challenges are currently being discussed there?
read more...Is Time Sensitive Networking still grey theory or can TSN-based networks with controllers from different manufacturers already be implemented today? A setup with B&R and Beckhoff controllers was created at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. A field report.
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