Digital fieldbus technologies, including Foundation fieldbus and Profibus, are increasingly being used with success in the nuclear and fossil fuel power industries. This article compares a ...

Panduit, a leading global provider of network infrastructure solutions, has released its latest single pair Ethernet (SPE) cables to support building automation and industrial automation technologies.

Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation and control) ...

Siemens S7-Advanced communication module permits communication between the field level and the IT world without intermediary gateways. As Ethernet continues its rapid advance into manufacturing, a ...

Micro-Epsilon has enhanced its optoNCDT 5500 series of laser triangulation sensors with increased performance and a speed ...

Now that fieldbus is used in virtually all new refineries, oil and gas companies are looking beyond the older, established products and their problems to more modern fieldbus hardware solutions that ...

In an article titled: “The Top 10 Myths About Industrial Ethernet Networks”, the following statement is made: “industrial Ethernet networks are more capable and just as reliable as the fieldbus ...

A tale of fieldbus troubleshooting highlights why network architecture, operator confidence and fault isolation are just as important as the technology itself ...

More wiring increases the potential for errors. The sheer size or volume of the wiring can make cabling too big to flex as axes move and articulate. A distributed-architecture strategy can shorten ...

Designed for installation on DINrails, the FPH integrates fieldbus segment connections, appropriate terminators, and host-specific system connectors. The hub follows the passive design of powering the ...