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Heinrich Munz, Lead Architect Industry 4.0 at Kuka, was named Manager of the Year 2017 in the Industry 4.0 category by Markt &Technik in May. He has been campaigning for 'mainstream use' in automation and a corresponding 'openness' for over 30 years.
read more...Fraunhofer IIS presented the IoT-Bus with integrated security concept for the first time at embedded world 2017. Project manager Andreas Oeder explains the background.
read more...All signs point to the fact that Ethernet TSN could be a major step towards moving away from proprietary communication protocols in automation technology - right down to field level, for sophisticated drive technology applications.
read more...With Time Sensitive Networks - TSN for short - a new standard in industrial communication technology is on the horizon. Over 160 experts attended the 'Industrial Ethernet TSN' congress in September 2016 to find out about the status quo of the emerging real-time standard.
read more...Follow up with Stefan Schönegger
B&R is a member of the OPC Foundation's 'Real-Time' working group. The company has also been involved in the Industrial Internet Consortium's TSN testbed since April. Stefan Schönegger explains the roadmap for OPC UA and real-time Ethernet activities at B&R.
read more...The OPC Foundation is working hard to make OPC UA fit for end-to-end communication from the sensor to the cloud. Stefan Hoppe, Vice President of the OPC Foundation, explains the status quo of current projects at the Hannover Messe.
read more...Under the umbrella of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the first testbed for the Ethernet-based Time Sensitive Network, or TSN for short, is now being created. Rahman Jamal explains the motives and key data of the project.
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