Articles

I/O

The impact of IEC 61499 on input/output

Jeremy Pollard
How software’s rise has changed control and HMI/SCADA
Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Three key points for a strong data foundation

By centralizing disparate data, supporting integration and scalability and ensuring data quality and governance, industrial organizations can harness their full data potential...
Remote Connectivity

Remote wireless HMI connects with hazardous-area machinery

Joey Stubbs
How tablet and cell-phone manufacturers have answered the call for Class I, Div. 1 and Zone 1 applications
Remote Connectivity

Robotics companies collaborate on remote-connectivity application

Monitoring and control partnership between Kawasaki Robotics and Olis Robotics on display at MODEX 2024
Edge Technology

The evolution of IT/OT merging

CIOs in manufacturing organizations must understand and address the cultural differences between IT and OT in order to evolve
Data Acquisition & Monitoring

A case for vendor-agnostic interoperable industrial devices and networks

Anna Townshend
Open communication protocols continue to advance and adapt, looking to turn time-consuming, extensive custom applications into plug-and-play for all
Data Acquisition & Monitoring

Machine efficiency and automation will lead industrial sustainability efforts

Anna Townshend
The standardization of energy management data, energy monitoring and compressed air conservation and effective data processing and storage are primed to also make sustainability...

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Switches & Gateways

Advantech Ethernet TSN switch

The EKI-8510G-2FI supports real-time communication through time-sensitive networking (TSN) technology to provide a means for determinism over Ethernet-based networks and guarantee...
I/O

Emerson IO-Link master

Emerson
Emerson's Class A IO-Link master is designed to provide smart and analog sensor connectivity on the Aventics Series G3 Fieldbus platform. The G3 IO-Link Master is suitable for...
PLCs/PACs

EZAutomation EZRackPLC

EZAutomation
The EZRackPLC is an industrial modular rack-mount PLC and/or I/O device with universal support for industrial network protocols such as EtherNetI/P, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP ...
I/O

Pepperl+Fuchs IO-Link master

Pepperl+Fuchs, Inc.
The ICE2/3 IO-Link masters from Pepperl+Fuchs establish a connection between IO-Link devices at field level and higher-level instances. The modules of the ICE2 series communicate...