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Power over Ethernet (PoE) and M12 connectors in motion designs

July 7, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Though the internet of things is most visible to laymen in consumer devices, the IIoT is massive. The majority of applications are in business, factory, and healthcare settings … and more than a third of the nearly $6 trillion IoT market is in manufacturing. Connectivity is the basis of all this IIoT — providing the […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Controls, Featured, Fieldbuses, I/O, Industry News, Integrated Motion Systems, Networking + IoT Tagged With: helukabel, lapp, opto22

Part 3: Trends in Ethernet, PoE, IO-Link, HIPERFACE, and single-cable solutions

June 10, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

As we explored in Part 1 and Part 2 of this six-part series, machine designs are evolving with wireless connectivity, cloud-based operations, and open programming. In this installment, we explore how Ethernet has continued its expansion in industrial connectivity. We also detail increasingly useful cable types for IO-Link and HIPERFACE … as well as cross-network […]

Filed Under: Connections + Sliprings, Encoders, Featured, Fieldbuses, I/O, Industrial Automation, Networking + IoT, Software Tagged With: appliedmotionproducts, cclink, Exlar of Curtiss-Wright, igus, mitsubishi

What is OPC UA and how does it compare with Industrial Ethernet?

May 28, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

OPC UA

In manufacturing processes and plants, multiple Industrial Ethernet protocols — such as EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, or EtherCAT — are used across different networks to meet specific topology requirements, communication speeds, or latency guarantees. And although these communication protocols are open, they’re often incompatible, resulting in fragmented networks that can’t “speak” to each other. OPC UA (Open […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Industrial Automation, Networking + IoT

What is time-sensitive networking (TSN)?

May 22, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

time-sensitive networking

Most Industrial Ethernet networks can provide hard real-time communication for multi-axis, synchronized motion control. But each one uses its own methods for time synchronization and data transmission to guarantee cycle times, latency, and jitter, making these networks incompatible with one another. Time-sensitive networking (TSN) sets out to solve the network compatibility problem by providing standard […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT, Uncategorized

What is isochronous real-time (IRT) data exchange?

April 29, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Real-time industrial communication protocols are those in which data exchange takes place within a specified amount of time — typically less than 10 ms. But “real-time” systems can be “soft” real-time or “hard” real-time, depending on how rigidly deadlines are enforced. In a soft real-time system, occasional violations of the cycle time, or deadline, for a […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT

AS-Interface: What is it and when is it used?

March 27, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Sensors and actuators have traditionally been connected to PLCs or other controllers via discrete wires and cable harnesses. But the introduction of actuator-sensor interface, also known as AS-Interface, or AS-I, in the 1990’s offered users and integrators a reliable, cost-effective replacement for the bulky, time-consuming method of parallel wiring. A new version of actuator-sensor interface, […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, I/O, Networking + IoT

What are EtherCAT G and G10 and when are they used in motion control applications?

March 6, 2020 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

EtherCAT G and G10

Since its launch in 2003, the EtherCAT protocol, with “processing on the fly” and data transmission speeds up to 100 Mbit/s, has been widely adopted for automation and process control applications. In 2018, Beckhoff (the developer of EtherCAT), introduced a major performance boost to EtherCAT, in the form of EtherCAT G and EtherCAT G10 — […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT

Next generation of I/O fieldbus couplers from WAGO

December 5, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

fieldbus coupler

WAGO’s 750-363 EtherNet/IP Fieldbus Coupler is the latest Ethernet/IP Adapter coupler to join their I/O System. Its fast boot-up time lets systems get online quicker and firmware updates can be accessed using the Couplers’ onboard web-based management system. This new coupler can be paired with WAGO’s 500+ I/O modules to meet the needs of any […]

Filed Under: Fieldbuses, I/O, Networking + IoT

EtherCAT Technology Group officially supports EtherCAT G

October 25, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

EtherCAT

The Technical Committee of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has accepted EtherCAT G as an addition to the EtherCAT standard. Moving forward, EtherCAT G, which extends EtherCAT technology to 1 and 10 Gb/sec, respectively, will be supported and promoted by the ETG. EtherCAT G was introduced by Beckhoff Automation in 2018 as an extension of […]

Filed Under: Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT Tagged With: EtherCAT

ETEL adds EtherCAT option to its AccurET controls

August 21, 2019 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

controller

Available in North America from HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION is a new version of the ETEL-brand AccurET controls with EtherCAT compatibility. As EtherCAT communication moves from “mid-end” automation to more high-end machine control applications, demand for this has been increasing. With that in mind, ETEL now allows its product users to take full advantage of its line […]

Filed Under: Controls, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT Tagged With: HEIDENHAIN

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