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Time-Sensitive Networking must offer a standardized communication platform for machine builders and automation engineers alike - the TSN configuration must support both worlds without conflict. How and with which approach can this be achieved?
read more...Since 2008, Michaela Rothhöft has been conducting the "Industrial Communication / Industry 4.0" market study every three to five years with the support of the VDMA. The results of the 2020 update.
read more...The user organization Profibus & Profinet International (PI) has published the first OPC UA Companion Specification for Profinet.
read more...The Smarc-sAL28 module from Kontron in the short-size form factor with a size of 82 mm x 50 mm complies with the Smarc 2.1 standard and has an NXP Dual Cortex A72-LS1028A processor and a 3D GPU.
read more...Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is regarded as the key technology for convergent IT and OT networks. Open solutions can contribute to the development of the ecosystem, but which software functions are actually required and which solutions are already available?
read more...The most significant economic trend of the current decade? Ownership is becoming a burden and more and more customers are paying for services on a subscription basis. The service subscription is thus becoming the central building block of the Industry 4.0 digital economy in the 21st century.
read more...The Saturn 3D is a laser triangulation sensor from EVT, whose 3D point clouds are evaluated and analyzed in the 3D software 'EyeVision'.
read more...Information models define the available objects such as variables and alarms in accordance with the OPC UA standard. Version V1.20 of Softing's Datafeed Secure Integration Server now offers the option of loading certain models.
read more...Industrial edge servers must be extremely flexible in order to integrate the broad spectrum of tasks. Virtual machines in particular are increasingly being used to consolidate a wide range of Industry 4.0 workloads.
read more...Automatically detecting all IO-Link devices in a machine, automatically downloading their device descriptions and parameterizing and monitoring them over their entire life cycle independently of the control system and fieldbus - a software tool meets this challenge.
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