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Koch Engineered Solutions announces acquisition of DarkVision

  • May 19, 2020
  • News

In conjunction with the acquisition, KES has also made a significant growth equity investment in DarkVision to fund future growth, R&D and expansion. DarkVision is an early stage industrial acoustic imaging company.

Becoming a Robot: Automation Helps Honor Pandemic Affected 2020 Graduates

  • by Cory Fogg
  • May 15, 2020
  • Feature

To bring its graduates their special day of recognition while still maintaining social distancing standards, Arizona State’s Thunderbird School of Global Management partnered with Double Robotics to provide a unique solution

Sectigo partners with Infineon to protect IoT devices

  • April 16, 2020
  • News

The integration provides manufacturers with a complete certificate management solution, including issuance and renewal, starting right on the factory floor, with secure certificate creation and insertion using the OPTIGA TPM for private key storage.

Connecting to the PLC from a Remote Location

  • by Paul Reszka
  • November 21, 2019
  • News

Industrial automation is no longer limited by the walls of a production facility. More and more automation is being handled via remote communication, whether it’s from the office or from the comfort of your own home. Today’s PLCs give you the ability to access your control system to handle such tasks as monitoring via a website to determine the condition of a machine or check other statistics.

Guide to Saving Time with Intelligent Data Logging

  • by CAS Dataloggers
  • September 20, 2018
  • Opinion

With advances in technology and computing power, modern data loggers can reduce the amount of time and effort required to extract critical information. These "intelligent" data loggers incorporate several features that allow them to go well beyond the functionality of a traditional data logger to help zero in on what the user is looking for.

When Do You Consider Using A Managed Switch?

  • by Joe Stasiek
  • November 17, 2016
  • Opinion

Many applications will operate properly when using Plug and Play (PnP) switches. Consider the PnP switches as “smart” terminal blocks that you supply power to, plug in RJ-45 connectors with CAT5 cable and devices begin to communicate without any intervention by you. Remember, with a PnP switch, 

SCADA/Business Network Separation: Securing an Integrated SCADA System

  • by Scott Wooldridge
  • February 27, 2014
  • Feature

SCADA systems were traditionally “walled off” from other systems operating independently from the network. Prior to the awareness of possible attacks, this seemed to provide all the protection the SCADA system needed. They were largely proprietary systems with such limited access and esoteric coding that very few people would have the ability to access them to launch an attack. Over time, however, they became integrated into the larger company network as a means to leverage their valuable data and increase plant efficiency. Therefore, the reality is their security is now often only as strong as the security of the network.

Multi-Segment Ethernet Networks

  • by Contemporary Controls
  • August 4, 2002
  • Feature

The maximum length of a 10BASE5 segment is 500 m and this would represent the network diameter of the Ethernet network if no repeaters were used.  However, Ethernet can be expanded to a larger network diameter by using repeaters as long as the network diameter does not exceed the collision domain of Ethernet.  This article will discuss those restrictions.

Beckhoff Automation helps Finnish company enhance medical testing kit production

  • Case Study

A Beckhoff CX2040 Embedded PC with a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor controls the individual production modules using TwinCAT 3 NC I software

Pepperl+Fuchs’ ecom Ex-Handy 10 Feature Phone Now with Global Approvals and Sprint Certification

  • July 30, 2020
  • News

The Ex-Handy 10 intrinsically safe 4G/LTE feature phone from the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ecom is now globally approved for Zone 1/21 and Div. 1.

Single-pair Ethernet PHY Offers Ultra-low TC10-compliant Sleep Current

  • July 30, 2020
  • News

Microchip’s LAN8770 is an IEEE® 802.3bw-compliant 100BASE-T1 PHY in a 5 x 5 mm package for space-constrained automotive applications.
 

Ericsson Delivers First U.S.-manufactured Commercial 5G Base Station to Verizon

  • July 27, 2020
  • News

Verizon is the first recipient of a U.S.-manufactured commercial 5G base station from Ericsson’s new state-of-the-art smart factory in Texas.

Abaco to Partner with REDARC Defence Systems

  • July 14, 2020
  • News

The partnership will allow both companies to further align with the needs of the growing Australian defense sector for embedded computing applications.

Wired and Wireless Networks Advance in Power

  • by Bill Lydon, Automation.com
  • July 14, 2020
  • Feature

Both wired and wireless networks have been undergoing a significant evolution during the past decade, enabling greater opportunities to those who leverage the advancements in the next one.

Siemens announces acquisition of UltraSoC Technologies

  • June 22, 2020
  • News

The addition of UltraSoC to Siemens enables a unified data-driven infrastructure, and the creation of a solution to help semiconductor industry customers overcome key pain points including manufacturing defects, software and hardware bugs, device early-failure and wear-out, functional safety, and malicious attacks.

Back to USB School

  • by Eric D. Knapp, Honeywell Connected Enterprise
  • June 9, 2020
  • Opinion

By Eric D. Knapp
USB attacks blur the line between a network threat and a local physical threat. The USB protocol essentially extends every one of our networks into something exponentially bigger.
 

Kaspersky ICS CERT Report: 2020 attacks target suppliers of equipment and software for industrial enterprises

  • May 28, 2020
  • News

According to the latest Kaspersky ICS CERT findings, these hits were focused on systems in Japan, Italy, German and the UK and targeted suppliers of equipment and software for industrial enterprises. Research has shown that attackers used malicious Microsoft Office documents,

The Missing ‘Industry 4.0/Digitalization’ Link – Open Programming Standard Conformance & Certification

  • by Bill Lydon
  • May 27, 2020
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon
Achieving the benefits of digitalization requires organizations to leverage Industry 4.0 and IoT (Internet of Things) concepts, technology, and architecture with open standards.

Industrial-Grade Secure Remote Access in a World of Physical Risks

  • by Honeywell Cybersecurity
  • May 25, 2020
  • Feature

By Honeywell Cybersecurity
Although a part of disaster planning and recovery in increasing resilience, industrial-grade secure remote access also represents a strategic investment that can help grow a company’s operational excellence and capabilities.