Articles and background information on the topic
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.
read more...Why is the real-time extension of the Ethernet so important? When can we expect the first products? These and other questions were the focus of the TSN/A Conference 2017. Computer&AUTOMATION captured the content and visitors' voices on camera.
read more...TSN is to form the backbone of the new automation architecture! However, there is still a lot of homework to be done before the communication standard can be implemented quickly and extensively in industry.
read more...Is the real-time Ethernet variant TSN 'the' communication standard for Industry 4.0 production, the automobile of the future and the consumer world of tomorrow? More than 400 participants at the TSN/A Conference on September 20 and 21 in Stuttgart got to the bottom of this question.
read more...In June 2017, Industrie Informatik presented the latest release of the MES solution Cronetwork. The focus was on the newly integrated OPC UA server. Thomas Krainz, member of the management team and responsible for product management, explains what this is all about.
read more...The IO-Link community has set up a technical working group to specify the integration of IO-Link in OPC UA based on existing use cases. A final proposal for a corresponding Companion Specification (draft for voting) should be available in 2018.
read more...Time Sensitive Networking - TSN for short - is a real-time extension of standard Ethernet. The effects on all sectors - from industry and automotive to the consumer world - will be the focus of the TSN/A Conference on September 20-21, 2017 in Stuttgart.
read more...The OPC Foundation and Sercos International have been cooperating since 2011 with the aim of improving communication between machines (peripherals) and higher-level IT systems. The jointly developed Sercos OPC UA Companion Standard is now available.
read more...Around 200 participants attended the 2nd Deterministic Ethernet Forum in Vienna at the beginning of May. The focus was on standardization topics and examples of successfully implemented applications in industry and the automotive sector relating to the real-time extension of standard Ethernet (TSN).
read more...At Hannover Messe 2017, the OPC Foundation announced a new open source implementation of OPC UA technology developed by Microsoft. It is intended to enable the rapid adaptation of OPC UA in cross-market and cross-platform products.
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