A TSN stack for embedded devices
The drivers supplied with most real-time operating systems are not real-time capable - a knock-out criterion for automation devices that are to be connected to a TSN network.
read more...read more...Belden / Hirschmann / Beck IPC
From the sensor to the cloud via TSN
Belden/Hirschmann is convinced that the time-honored automation pyramid is transforming into an automation pillar. A joint demo with Beck IPC is intended to illustrate this transformation.
read more...The Fog building blocks
Fog computing in the industrial environment - Kontron has set itself this goal. The first building blocks of this IT-based product orientation were on display at the trade fair.
read more...New products in Nuremberg
What new products will exhibitors be presenting at SPS IPC Drives 2017? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what can be seen in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.
read more...Wireless and yet secure
Until now, radio has hardly played a role in safety applications. The Berlin start-up R3 Communications wants to change this with 'EchoRing', a deterministic and highly reliable real-time radio system.
read more...The rocky road to the IIoT landscape
Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - terms that could be seen everywhere at the trade fair. Rahman Jamal, Global Technology and Marketing Director at National Instruments, discusses the upcoming challenges posed by these trending topics.
read more...Semantic basis developed for Industry 4.0
The 'SemAnz40' project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics, aims to create a semantic basis for the exchange of information in Industry 4.0 scenarios. The project results from the last one and a half years will be presented at SPS IPC Drives 2017.
read more...Maintain and repair machines via TeamViewer
TeamViewer is already established for the remote support of computers. Together with the telecommunications provider Vodafone, TeamViewer now also wants to make remote maintenance and repair of machines possible.
read more...The TSN/A Conference 2017 - film flashback
Why is the real-time extension of the ethernet so important? When is the first product expected? These and other questions have been on focus of the TSN/A Conference 2017. Computer & AUTOMATION recorded the content and visitors' comments with the camera.
read more...TSN - the question of interoperability
The interoperability of devices within a TSN network was one of the hotly debated topics at the TSN/A Conference in Stuttgart at the end of September. Todd Walter and Steve Zuponcic explain the plans to ensure interoperability in industrial applications.
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