STMicroelectronics (www.st.com) is proud to announce the launch of its customizable high-end motor-control SPIMD20 module – which is small enough to be directly mounted on the motor and provide connection via industrial Ethernet. The module will allow faster delivery of cost-effective industrial solutions, including multi-axis robotics, packaging machines, conveyors and process automation equipment. The new […]
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Texas Instruments introduces new AM1810 Sitara ARM MPU
Texas Instruments Incorporated (www.ti.com) is proud to announce the launch of its all-new AM1810 Sitara ARM microprocessor (MPU) – a new single-chip ARM9 solution with an embedded PROFIBUS interface – the most popular fieldbus used for communications among factory automation equipment. This embedded, low-power tool removes the need for an external ASIC, FPGA or PROFIBUS, […]
TI introduces programmable ARM9 SOC in Profibus version
Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) is proud to launch a new addition to its industrial-focused, ARM9-based Sitara AM1x system-on-chip (SoC) family with an integrated Profibus interface. Clocked to 375 MHz, the new AM1810 Sitara includes EtherCAT support and comes with a Linux-ready development module. The AM1810 Sitara is optimally ideal for use in human machine interface (HMI) […]
WAGO’s new Ethernet fieldbus controller platform
WAGO Corporation (www.wago.us) is now offering a new Ethernet fieldbus controller that can process 1,000 instructions in just 235 μS. Using the company’s second generation Ethernet platform, it also offers upgraded memory capacity for web applications and PLC programs, along with an embedded dual-port Ethernet switch. “We are both upgrading the processor and offering enhanced […]
Belden’s robust data communications technology with Ethernet and fieldbus solutions
Modern data communications technology, an indispensible requirement for implementing smart grids, is also now being increasingly utilized in the distribution and generation of wind energy. Compared with other industrial environments, the conditions in wind energy plants are also rugged and harsh. Infrastructure systems and components should also cope with extreme stresses. That is why the […]
HMS unveils new CANopen X-gateway Family
HMS Industrial Networks, Inc. (www.hms.se) has announced that it will release an all-new Anybus X-gateway series that connects CANopen networks with 10 other industrial Ethernet and fieldbus networks. At the SPS/IPC/Drives fair in Nuremberg, Germany, HMS will launch a major enhancement to the X-gateway family, unveiling 10 completely updated design of CANopen master (manager) gateways […]
Pepperl+Fuchs introduces new Advanced Diagnostic Module that monitors Fieldbus networks
Pepperl+Fuchs (www.pepperl-fuchs.com) has announced the release of its latest version of Advanced Diagnostic Module DTM software. The Advanced Diagnostic Modules or ADM check the quality of fieldbus communication for PROFIBUS PA networks and FOUNDATION fieldbus H1. The Diagnostic Manager software offers a number of updates that speed up fieldbus commissioning and omit the guesswork of […]
Yokogawa releases FVX110 fieldbus segment indicator
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (www.yokogawa.com) has unveiled its FVX110 Fieldbus Segment Indicator, which meets the FOUNDATION fieldbus industrial digital communications standard. FOUNDATION fieldbus is a bidirectional digital communications standard between field instruments and control systems. A digital communications system provides more information compared to its analog counterpart, as it displays process variables and maintenance information from […]
Balluff introduces supporting connectivity, machine mount I/O, industrial RFID for CC-Link
Balluff (www.balluff.com) is proud to announce that its networking product line now comprises a full RFID and I/O connectivity solution for CC-Link fieldbus networks. The company is one of the premier manufacturers in the world that offer a full I/O solution such as supporting cordsets, connectivity accessories and heavy duty machine mount I/O modules. Majority […]
Endress+Hauser releases Analytical Platform
Endress+Hauser (www.endress.com) has unveiled the Liquiline CM442 – a 4-wire, 2-parameter transmitter intended for analytical sensing applications. The transmitter receives data from two sensors and then measures any combination of several parameters such as turbidity/suspended solids, SAC (UV254), nitrate, dissolved oxygen, ISE, chlorine, pH/ORP, conductivity and concentration. Powered by 24Vac 50/60 Hz, 100-230Vac 50/60 Hz […]
