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Synchronize Clocks for Better Performance
Synchronized clocks are critical in a broad range of environments. In utility power grids, clocks must be synched so the many switches run by different providers interconnect smoothly. In factories, production speeds can be increased when all the system components are synchronized to a single clock. A number of different solutions let users synchronize...
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Communication | February 6, 2012

Ethernet Driver for Subsea Control System Integration

The FMC722 Ethernet Driver for the DeltaV Virtual I/O Module (VIM) provides a high performance integration solution between Emerson’s DeltaV process systems and FMC Technologies’ subsea control system
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Ethernet | February 6, 2012

Synchronize Clocks for Better Performance

The push to keep large, complex production lines working at high speeds requires technologies that tightly control timing.
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Communication | February 3, 2012

Connect Any Serial Device to Ethernet

The iServer can make an existing serial device into a “node” on an Ethernet network with a unique IP address that’s accessible from any authorized computer on the LAN, WAN, or Internet.
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Redundancy System 
We have three engineers dedicated full time to building internal tools to manage our infrastructure. You always have to architect your system under an assumption of failure.


 

Joe Stump , SimpleGeo CEO, Co-founder and CTO, on the use of cloud services and why his company create a separate redundancy system, separate from its cloud supplier. 
(Source: Technology Review, bit.ly/aroundweb_134)
Ethernet | February 2, 2012

Network Determinism: Not Just for Motion Anymore

Engineers know that Ethernet is a stable and well-known industrial network, but building determinism into the network to enable control has been an issue that is now solvable.
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Networking | February 2, 2012

Safety Network Protocols

The term “safety network” can apply to both peer-to-peer networks and I/O bus systems, and the safety protocols used can range from proprietary to various levels of open or vendor-independent.
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Ethernet | February 2, 2012

Wireless Industrial Ethernet Modem

This Industrial Ethernet device (2.4Ghz, Wi-FiA) can be dropped into any existing network to provide wireless connections in process/automation applications, connecting to PLCs, DCS/SCADA, data logger
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Ethernet | February 1, 2012

All-in-One Ethernet Module

WIZ820io is a plug-in network module that offloads Internet tasks to a mini-board that includes WIZnet’s W5200 integrated circuit (TCP/IP hardwired chip + PHY), a mag-jack (RJ45 with transformer) and
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Motors | February 1, 2012

On-Machine Motor Controller

Allen-Bradley ArmorStart LT distributed motor controllers offer a compact, modular solution that puts motor control on or near the machine for light-industrial and material-handling applications.
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Ethernet | January 31, 2012

Industrial Networking: Layers of Connectivity

Ethernet has captured the bulk of networking implementation over the past several years. One reason for its success lies in its flexibility.
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Ethernet | January 31, 2012

New Technology for Device-Level Ethernet

PriorityChannel, a new technology for device-level Ethernet, is designed to ensure real-time Industrial Ethernet messages are always processed on-time, every time regardless of the amount or type of o
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Process Controllers | January 26, 2012

Avoid the Drama of Downtime

There are lots of analog devices still in the field and not many new plants are being built right now, so upgrades are taking center stage.
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Automation Team | January 26, 2012

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Industrial PCs | January 24, 2012

Embedded Automation Computers with PCI Interfaces

Two new embedded automation computers, the UNO-3072A and UNO-3074A with Intel Atom D510 processor, feature 2GB DDR2 RAM with an integrated RAID 0/1 controller for two 2.5 in.
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Drives | January 23, 2012

Decentralized Servo Drive with Multi-Ethernet

Using a Multi-Ethernet interface, the IndraDrive Mi enables simple realization of modular machine concepts and varied automation structures with one single type of hardware.
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I/O | January 23, 2012

Wireless Valve Controller

The VC10 Valve Controller, added to the company’s Accutech wireless sensor network product line, is a battery-powered wireless field device used to control pneumatic valves in hazardous locations.
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Wireless | January 22, 2012

Wireless Network Module for Field Sites

WNM Wireless Network Module sends process signals between remote field sites in rugged or impassable terrain.
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Instrumentation | January 20, 2012

Antenna for liquid and slurry measurement

The Sitrans LR250 radar level transmitter with a new threaded PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) antenna for liquid and slurry measurement opens up new applications for this non-contacting level transmitt
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Wireless | December 22, 2011

Pinto Prognostications 2012

I have a hunch that 2012 will not be another same-old, same-old year for industrial automation. Expect opportunity niches to arise around industrial wireless, Ethernet, mobile interface technologies.
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DCS | December 22, 2011

Recent Trends Shape Future of Distributed Control Systems

The network infrastructure of the DCS and the network architecture for plant information are becoming increasingly intertwined.
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Networking | December 19, 2011

Bus Controller with IP67 Protection

Extremely flexible configuration options are a hallmark of the Powerlink X67 bus controller with IP67 protection.
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