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Wireless Connectivity Products, News, Articles, Events & Resources
Welcome to the Automation.com portal for Wireless Connectivity with valuable information and resources for controls and automation engineers to apply wireless technologies in automation systems. Wireless technology is advancing at a high rate, making a wide range of applications possible including data networking, wireless sensors, wireless actuators and wireless controllers. Wireless standards for automation and control are also developing around various wireless technologies.
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Articles
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Changing with the Times: Industrial Automation 2.0
- 01/27/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Matthew Littlefield, LNS Research There are a whole slew of new technologies and system architectures being adopted in the automation industry at a very rapid pace. Companies today face the very real possibility that if they don’t effectively understand, adopt, and leverage these new technologies to their advantage; they will be left in an increasingly uncompetitive position. |
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Major Automation & Control Trends in 2012
- 01/16/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Here are my thoughts on major automation and control trends in 2012. These opinions are based on a wide range of inputs from users, suppliers and industry consultants, and from attending numerous industry forums, conferences and trade shows every year. |
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Highlights from PI NA General Assembly Meeting 2011
- 01/09/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor The 17th Annual PI North America General Assembly Meeting was held October 4-6, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ and included vendors and users who provided updates on PROFIBUS and PROFINET technologies. Topics included PROFINET survey, GE IP, Chrysler-Fiat, Wireless and PROFIenergy. |
White Papers
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Energy Harvesters reduce wiring and battery costs for wireless sensors
- 01/23/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Roy Freeland, Perpetuum Energy Harvesters are now readily available to power most low power wireless installations. |
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EtherNet/IP: When to go Wireless
- 01/12/12 Automation.com, January 2012 By Justin Shade and Bob Licata, Phoenix Contact Because wireless networks have inherent latency and bandwidth limitations that wired networks don’t have, there are several considerations to make when designing a wireless EtherNet/IP network. |
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Real Time Control Over the Web
- 11/17/11 Automation.com, November 2011 By Steve Jahnke, Galixsys Networks Devices make use of the Web to send and receive data, usually from a cloud service or backend server. Most of the inherent latency and processing problems of the web can be removed if XML document passing is not used as the means to transmit generic commands. |
Application Stories
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Digital architecture helps tank farm meet safety requirements
- 01/29/12 Industrial Ethernet Book, February 2012 Emerson’s wireless level and pressure transmitters and a plant-wide wireless network have been used to automate tank storage level monitoring in Sweden, improving safety and reducing costs. |
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Natural Gas Production: Enabling In-the-Field Meter Data
- 12/29/11 Automation World, December 2011 Dart Oil and Gas needed to make production data from its methane wells available to engineers in the field. Using OPC, they switched from a centralized system to a modern HIM/SCADA system that allowed Web-enable smartphone access. |
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Wireless conductivity transmitters help prevent chemical discharge
- 12/18/11 Control Engineering Europe, December 2011 Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson’s Smart Wireless conductivity and temperature transmitters to collect critical leak-detection monitoring data at its board and paper production unit at Gävlebukten, Sweden. |
Resources & Literature
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Advanced Temperature Measurement and Control, 2nd Edition - $69.00
This book provides a comprehensive view of what is needed to take advantage of the latest developments in smart and wireless temperature measurements and control strategies. A fundamental understanding of the capabilities of temperature sensors and the advances in wireless technology are provided. |
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Wireless Instrumentation Brochure
Brochure describes Accutech’s battery-powered wireless instrumentation, including base radios, pressure, temperature and level sensors, totalizers, and output modules. |
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Advantech product selection guides, solution or product catalogs, case studies
Advantech offers a number of solution guides, product selection guides, catalogs and case studies - many are available in PDF format. The eAutomation Solutions Catalog introduces a full range of products, focusing on the following vertical sectors: Machine Automation, Power & Energy, Building Automation, Environment Monitoring Systems, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Facility Management Systems. |
Training & Seminars
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Featured Products
Product Announcements
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Beckhoff Automation releases EnOcean wireless modules
- 02/05/12
KL6583-0100 and KL6581 EnOcean transmitter and receiver modules can be installed in visible locations within buildings. |
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INSYS adds GPS to MLR high-speed cellular routers
- 02/05/12
GPS enables the continuous localization of mobile machines such as large emergency generators or construction equipment. |
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TR Electronic releases PowerGap Wireless Sensor System
- 01/31/12
PowerGap inductively supplies power and signals across an air gap, eliminating the need for cables, connectors and slip ring solutions. |
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Company & Organization News
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WINA Webinar Presents Wireless Survey Results
- 02/05/12 WINA will present the results of its recent survey on the Application of Wireless Technology via a live webinar on February 9. |
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Perpetuum Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
- 01/23/12 Perpetuum designs and manufactures vibration energy harvesters delivering life-long power for wireless technology. |
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How China is Stealing Our Secrets
- 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism. |
Project News
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Wireless level gauging solution for refinery
- 01/11/12 Control Engineering Europe, January 2012 The state-owned Tüpras refinery in Izmir, Turkey, has placed an order with Emerson Process Management for a tank gauging system that includes 85 wireless TankRadar Rex radar level gauges. |
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Emerson to automate lead and zinc plant in China
- 12/01/11 Emerson will provide a DeltaV automation system, AMS Suite asset management software, and smart field devices using Foundation fieldbus and WirelessHART. |
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RuggedCom to provide communications for Eastern Nebraska Smart Grid
- 09/13/11 RuggedCom will supply broadband wireless base stations and subscriber units to ENPPDC, making data collection and remote monitoring over large distances possible. |
Event News
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Industrial Supply 2012 Showcases U.S. Industrial Subcontractors
- 12/06/11 Leaders in the subcontracting business will be presenting their latest product developments in industrial materials to a vast audience attending HANNOVER MESSE. |
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HANNOVER MESSE 2012 focuses on sustainability
- 11/21/11 By adopting "greentelligence" as its keynote theme, HANNOVER MESSE 2012 has put the spotlight squarely on green technologies as a central growth driver for industry. |
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China is Partner Country of HANNOVER MESSE 2012
- 06/28/11 The People's Republic of China will be honored as the official Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2012 (the Hannover Fair) in Hannover, Germany. |
Events
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