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Is your next automation controller an Ethernet switch?
By Bill Lydon, Editor At the 2013 Rockwell Automation Fair, Cisco described how their routers are becoming distributed embedded computer devices, intended to process and react to information from devices and sensors at the edge of the network. Could your next automation controller be embedded in an Ethernet switch? -
Can Variable-Speed Drives Increase Process Efficiency and Reduce Energy Use?
Pumping applications with a variable-flow requirement can lower energy and life-cycle costs with the application of a variable-speed motor to deliver the desired process flow rate -
Softing achieves PROFINET Net Load Class III rating
Softing's PROFINET device implementation has passed the Class III category of the "Net Load Test" performed by PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI). -
Cisco says Fog Computing is the future
Cisco estimates there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020. These devices are creating a tidal wave of data that is expensive to move to existing cloud environments for analysis and conversion to useful content. -
Software Toolbox toolkit obtains OPC UA certification
The OPC Data-UA toolkit was certified by the OPC Foundation for OPC UA client development. -
Red Lion Controls monitors EPM Colombia Remotely
Red Lion installed a remote connectivity solution that provides monitoring and control throughout EPM¹s power distribution network, helping to save time and reduce costs. -
Schneider Electric's Integration of Invensys
By Bill Lydon, Editor With this acquisition, Schneider Electric significantly enhanced its position to serve the process industries and now has a complete portfolio of products to serve the entire industrial and process automation industry. This article highlights a few key aspects of the integration of the two companies. -
Yokogawa Obtains ISASecure Certification for ProSafe-RS
The ProSafe-RS safety instrumented system has obtained the ISASecure Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) certification. -
How to use Mobile Devices to Improve Operator Effectiveness
How to use Mobile Devices to Improve Operator Effectiveness -
ISA announces FDT Group as Promotional Partner
As an ISA Promotional Partner, the FDT Group will provide the ISA community access to device maintenance and management strategies through a range of ISA media and direct marketing opportunities. -
Fieldbus Foundation starts Blog
The blog provides comprehensive information about FOUNDATION fieldbus technology. -
Sigma Connectivity to provide test systems for connectBlue
Automated test fixtures will be used as test tools in the production facilities where connectBlue’s latest Multiradio module OWL355 is being produced. -
Sercos International announces 2014 efforts
Sercos International will exhibit at 20 events this year, provide training, and conduct webinars. -
Festo announces Online Technical Support Forum
Forum topics include pneumatics, servo pneumatics, electric drives, software, fieldbus, process automation, sensors and vision, directives and standards, and more. -
B&B Electronics releases Spectre cellular router starter kit
Spectre cellular router starter kit includes free, prepaid, 60-day 100MB RacoWireless 3G data plan as a way to jump-start industrial M2M network designs. -
Do "Smart" Instruments Need to be Calibrated?
There are numerous reasons to calibrate instruments initially and periodically. -
Fieldbus Foundation releases spec for ISA100.11a Device Integration
Fieldbus Foundation released the final specification for integration of ISA100.11a wireless field devices into its FOUNDATION for Remote Operations Management (ROM) technology. -
PI Introduces PROFINEWS App
PROFINEWS App lets users receive up-to-date information about PI and its technologies directly on their devices anytime, anywhere in the world. -
Windows XP Cyber Time Bomb set for April 8, 2014
By Bill Lydon, Editor The huge installed base of automation software running on Windows XP will be vulnerable to cyber-attacks with the end of Windows XP support April 8, 2014. More than 12 years old, Windows XP is the longest supported version of Windows ever and therefore is the most used in industrial automation systems. -
OPC Tutorial - Basics, Vision and Integration of OPC for Process Control
Matrikon, an OPC Foundation Charter Member, has produced a 30-minute online multimedia tutorial to explain the basics and vision of OPC and how to begin integrating it into new and current systems.
