The status quo of OPC UA Vision
With the publication of the OPC UA Companion Specification for industrial image processing, Industry 4.0 is now also becoming a reality for this sector. An overview.
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Beckhoff Automation cooperates with Huawei
What is behind the cooperation between a large Chinese ICT provider and a German automation company? Guido Beckmann and Thomas Rettig from Beckhoff Automation explain.
read more...Automation devices in transition
IT and automation are growing together. Industrial automation is therefore facing the challenge of having to break up the existing inflexible infrastructure - which in turn places completely new demands on automation technology. One possible approach.
read more...The combination with DDS
The Data Distribution Service (DDS) for real-time systems can be combined with the upcoming IEEE TSN standards. The result: a distributed and data-centric integration framework that offers high reliability and availability.
read more...The interface of the future
A smart factory requires end-to-end networking and the integration of production lines into industrial IT. This requires automation devices with powerful communication functions. What requirements must the devices fulfill? An outlook.
read more...OPC UA in mature mode
A global standard for the Internet of Things - the OPC Foundation believes that OPC UA is the best way to achieve this goal. A cross-section of the Foundation's innovations at this year's Hannover Messe in April and beyond.
read more...The OPC UA demonstrator of the VDMA
Increasingly complex production systems require new approaches both in terms of design and system control. OPC UA in conjunction with skills-based engineering creates the basis for this.
read more...Control and image processing grow together
Automation providers are integrating machine vision functions into their control architectures, while machine vision manufacturers are equipping their solutions with features that enable both worlds to work together seamlessly. What role do deep learning or standards such as OPC UA play in this?
read more...Basic building blocks of the Industrial IoT
Driven by their end customers, automation technology providers are currently in the process of solving the first task in modern industrial IoT applications: End-to-end communication based on open standards such as OPC UA and TSN.
read more...Sercos via TSN
Ethernet TSN allows deterministic transmission of real-time critical messages via standard hardware. How can sercos and Ethernet TSN be combined to transmit real-time and normal Ethernet communication via a uniform network standard?
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