Innovative Wireless Designs Feted at 2007 ESC
Lantronix Inc. announces the winners of its annual Wireless Design Contest.

Wireless Babysitting Aids Weld Monitoring, Management
Power unit, computer link saves labor, frees personnel to check many more heat-treated zones

Discrete and Process Safety Networks
Right now, the needs are different and so are the means. Can one network eventually do it all?

Intrinsic Safety Use Shows Some Spark
Often Dismissed as “European” Technology, Use of Intrinsic Safety Devices Appears Ready for Substantial Growth in North America

RFID Gaining Street Credibility?
RFID technology has been in existence for 20 years, but it’s just starting to make its presence felt in mainstream, industrial applications.

As the Digital World Turns
Discussing convergence of various types of networked functions: control, safety, building environment, and physical security.

EDDL and FDT Cooperate at Hannover Fair
There are two primary technologies with overlapping and yet different philosophies in play within industrial device operation:Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) and Field Device Tool (FDT).

Bits & Bytes
Who’s aligning with whom? Who’s buying? Who’s being bought?