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5G in automation - a hot topic at the moment. How quickly can we actually expect 5G to be used in industry? What obstacles still need to be overcome? Thomas Schildknecht summarizes the key points in this interview.
read more...Has US President Donald Trump undermined the dominance of Google's Android system in the smartphone market with his action against Huawei? Huawei now wants to establish its own system as a global alternative to Android. However, this is no easy undertaking.
read more...TSN integrated as layer 2 in Profinet
The user organization Profibus & Profinet International (PI) has completed the integration of TSN as technology for layer 2 - the data link layer - into the Profinet architecture. The Profinet specification V2.4 has been completed and is available for download on the PI website.
read more...A shortage of skilled workers, increasingly complex products and ever-increasing competitive pressure - three challenges for industrial companies that augmented or mixed reality (AR/MR) technology can help to overcome.
read more...'Artificial Intelligence Forum 2019'
Artificial intelligence is very hesitant to find its way into industrial applications. Expectations of the technology are high. They are rarely fulfilled. However, those who approach the topic with the right premises can reap many benefits.
read more...Standardizing data and its exchange across all system boundaries and into the cloud is one of the concerns of Industry 4.0. One possible approach to efficiently transferring the data generated by sensors is the 'dual-channel principle'.
read more...'Industrial Intelligence' - this is the guiding theme of the Hannover Messe 2019. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of the products that can be seen in Hanover in a picture gallery.
read more...OPC UA is regarded as the new communication standard for industrial automation. Part 1 explained why a new communication technology is needed in automation and described the OPC UA methods. Part 2 deals with the OPC UA pub/sub methods and the power of modeling.
read more...Real-time communication without cables! - In order to increase the flexibility of production plants, this is a much cherished wish. But where exactly is this scenario still failing? What are the possible solutions? And what role do OPC UA and TSN play here?
read more...Data is always at the heart of IoT solutions: it shows customer behavior, provides information about processes in a machine or transmits location information. This makes them the basis for data-based business models in the Internet of Things - as concrete practical examples show.
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