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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...Rockwell Automation is now joining the "Shaper" group of companies to develop a communication solution for real-time and sensor-to-cloud applications in the industrial environment.
read more...Is OPC UA plus TSN the exclusive industrial communication solution of the future? The so-called "Shaper Group" is now emphasizing this conviction with a white paper. Computer & AUTOMATION offers it for download.
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...OPC UA TSN as a standardized protocol for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things up to the control level: this is the goal now being pursued by a consortium of IT and automation companies.
read more...Edge computing - also known as fog computing - is seen by many as the technical concept for control and data communication in Industry 4.0. Edge controllers take over the tasks of the classic PLC and bring the cloud to the machine.
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...After TTTech, Innovasic is now another switch provider to present a test kit that includes all the necessary tools to evaluate the features of the future IEEE 802.1 Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) standards.
read more...At the end of February 2016, the Nuremberg exhibition halls will make way for everything to do with embedded systems technology. Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products that can be seen at embedded world 2016.
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