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industrial I/O
I/O technology may seem like a straightforward component of industrial automation, but its evolution is redefining how manufacturers connect, collect and act on data. From distributed architectures and wireless capabilities to built-in intelligence and AI integration, today’s I/O systems are powering smarter, more flexible and connected factories.
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Industrial networked devices
Experts from the FieldComm Group, Moxa and Yokogawa explain where the merger of operations technology and information technology networks is headed and how manufacturers can assess...
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PoE systems can now deliver up to 90W per port, enough to operate the most power-hungry IoT sensors, devices and controllers.
Batch processors’ exposure to automation business modeling can vary, but a high quality integrator can support effective establishment or expansion of this understanding for their...
Engineers planning upgrades to existing facilities are faced with two choices: Replace their existing technology with the same systems that worked for the past 30+ years or deploy...
Ethernet-APL can offer enhanced performance and simplified infrastructure when applied.
Understand the key differences between data logging and data acquisition.
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