‘Profibus’
An Electronicstalk guide
Start with the news release Protocol stack enables Profinet device development from Molex, which we summarised at the time by saying "Molex has introduced the Brad IO-Device protocol development kit v2.2 for Profinet that enables OEMs to develop and market their own branded Profinet IO devices.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release UPS is suitable for IT and data applications from AEG Power Solutions: "AEG Power Solutions has launched Protect Blue, a three-phase uninterruptible power supply series designed to ensure the continuity of IT services and reduce risk of downtime caused by power outages.".
In June 2010, we covered the news from National Instruments - take a look at NI interfaces improve machine performance which says: "Interfaces for Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus and Devicenet from National Instruments make it possible for engineers to connect Labview PACs and embedded systems to their existing industrial networks.".
Take a look also at the news release from National Instruments, NI offers PXI/CompactPCI backplanes for OEMs, as well as PXI/CompactPCI backplanes provide up to 18 slots from National Instruments, and Combitac connector system expanded from Multi-Contact (UK).
Latest stories...
NI industrial controllers have fanless design (April 2009)
National Instruments (NI) has launched the NI 31xx series of industrial controllers that provide connectivity to NI test and measurement platforms and a fanless design for long-term deployments.
Avago offers Fieldbus transmitter/receivers (November 2008)
Avago Technologies has announced a line of Fieldbus optical fibre transmitter and receiver modules.
M12 shielded panel-mounted connector from Binder (November 2008)
Binder-USA has released an M12 shielded, panel-mounted, male or female connector preassembled for Profibus and Ethernet users.
RDP enhances MTS Temposonics position sensors (October 2008)
RDP Electronics has announced that its non-contact MTS Temposonics position sensors can measure up to 30 positions along a common axis using a single sensor.
Transceiver offers up to 66% space savings (October 2008)
On Semiconductor has announced a new product derivative of the AMIS-49200 Media Attachment Unit (MAU).
Optocoupler resists electrical noise (July 2008)
The FOD0721, FOD0720 and FOD0710 are logic gate optocouplers that isolate the logic control circuitry from the transceiver at the bus interface level.
Fanless system enhances reliability (September 2007)
Fanless embedded computer is supplied in a robust CE enclosure which is designed for DIN rail or wall mounting.
Compact transceivers offer robust performance (August 2007)
Parallel networks, like SCSI "fast 40" systems, benefit from the 40Mbit/s data rate and the low transceiver and receiver skews, as well as the 4nS part-to-part skews.
Further reading
- Transceivers for Profibus field bus
Profibus transceiver has hot-swap capability and is designed for high-density industrial control networks. - Profibus technology and application
A new 42-page brochure entitled "Profibus technology and application" is now available for download free of charge as a pdf file from the Profibus Group website.
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