Combining Softing’s Ethernet-to-PROFIBUS gateway TH LINK PROFIBUS with the matching Communication and Device DTMs maintenance gives engineers central access to all PROFIBUS and HART devices in a ...

Intelligent field components and field devices provide an abundance of status information on the network and devices, but this data is often difficult to gather and understand. Four companies describe ...

Furthermore, field communication protocols such as wired and wireless HART, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, and others have been demonstrated to be cyber vulnerable. The Safety and Security Nexus ...

M-Module Provides Intelligent Profibus Connectivity in Automation and Instrumentation Applications Dallas, Texas—A new M-Module mezzanine card from MEN Micro, Inc., can be used as a flexible solution ...

The best of buses for one industrial-automation application can be the worst of buses for another. Wide-ranging requirements have spurred the creation of specialized networks. Understanding the forces ...

Field-level data sourced from intelligent sensors and other devices can provide a massive amount of valuable information, but only if there are practical IIoT connectivity methods. OEMs and end users ...

Texas Instruments has unveiled a new microprocessor (mpu) which it claims can reduce power consumption and cost by up to 30% for industrial applications. The AM1810 Sitara ARM mpu is a single chip ...

More devices, fewer hurdles. Field devices are critical to digital transformation and Industry 4.0, because they provide the data required to help key personnel keep a finger on the pulse of the plant ...

The Profibus- DP five-pole connector from Lumberg Automation, Midlothian, Va. (lumberg-automationusa.com), is easy enough to install that technicians can do so in the field with ...