Articles

• How does I/O termination affect protocol choice?

  Can I move from field-device wire to enclosure terminal strip?

• Are purged enclosures and intrinsically safe barriers necessary?

  How do I reduce wiring between hazardous and nonhazardous areas?

• Terminate the rat’s nest

  For those who think it's okay to open a control enclosure and see a monochromatic rats nest of wires without any wire labels, you should be aware, that's worst-case practice

• What to expect from distributed I/O

  Whether the communication system is open or closed proprietary, choose device hardware to meet expectations