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OPC UA Recognized as 'the Most Important Interoperability Technology in Today’s Industrial Landscape”
A new ARC report examines the critical role OPC UA serves globally as the core data interoperability standard in process and discrete manufacturing industries and beyond.
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Join Us for 2nd Annual OPC Day International June 8-10
A deep-dive into OPC UA technology, initiatives, end user experiences and more.
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FDT 3.0 DTM Certification, IO-Link and OPC UA
Modern, open automation platform reaches final milestones.
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OPC UA Recognized as 'the Most Important Interoperability Technology in Today’s Industrial Landscape”
A new ARC report examines the critical role OPC UA serves globally as the core data interoperability standard in process and discrete manufacturing industries and beyond.
Join Us for 2nd Annual OPC Day International June 8-10
A deep-dive into OPC UA technology, initiatives, end user experiences and more.
FDT 3.0 DTM Certification, IO-Link and OPC UA
Modern, open automation platform reaches final milestones.
Microsoft Industrial Digitalization Platform Leverages OPC UA
Azure IoT leverages OPC UA so industrial operations personnel get support for open systems and “don’t forget what [they] already know” when connecting OT systems to the cloud.
Conquering the Cloud with OPC UA
This vendor-independent standard can take your designs from the device to the cloud and back, protecting your automation investment. From Volume 1 of the Automation 2021 Ebook: IIoT & Industry 4.0.
The OPC Foundation Welcomes Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a New Member
Industrial sector customers on AWS use OPC UA-enabled tools and a portfolio of services that extend cloud functionality into industrial operations.
OPC UA FLC (Field Level Communication) Enables Integrated Manufacturing Business
The OPC UA FLC (Field Level Communication) initiative revolutionizes industrial communications to achieve integrated manufacturing business operations from sensor to enterprise and cloud.
The OPC Foundation Welcomes Inovance (China) as its 800th Member
The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Inovance as the 800th OPC Foundation member.
OPC Foundation and ECLASS Collaborate to Advance M2M Interoperability
The combination of OPC UA functionality and the ECLASS semantic dictionary is poised to accelerate the start of true industrial interoperability.
The State of the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS)
In a presentation during the International Society of Automation’s (ISA) Virtual Process Industry Conference (PIC) on Nov. 17, 2020, Don Bartusiak, president of Collaborative Systems Integration and co-chair of the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF), gave an overview of OPAF’s published standards and the planned future work of the forum.
OPC Foundation and PLCopen Release Version 1.02 of the 'OPC UA for IEC61131-3' Specification
The extended “OPC UA for IEC61131-3” specification now supports the current 3rd edition of the IEC61131-3 standard and simplifies vendor adoption.
OPC Foundation’s Field Level Communications Initiative Reaches Significant Milestone
OPC Foundation announces today that its Field Level Communications Initiative has accomplished a significant milestone in the ongoing project by completing their initial release candidate with the focus on the Controller-to-Controller (C2C) use case.
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6th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report
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Advantech Launches ADAM-6300 Series: OPC UA I/O Modules for IoT Digitalization
- Advantech Industrial Automation Group
Softing's dataFEED OPC Suite Extended Increases Possibilities of Data Integration
- Softing Inc.
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- GE Digital
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- Aegis Industrial Software
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What is the most important thing to know about boiler control? Why is it important? Detailed answers are in this book.
- ISA
Learn the basics of accepting, managing, and verifying the calibration of the main industrial measuring instruments.
- ISA
Single-loop control. Multi-loop control. Advanced control. The techniques you need for success are fully explained.
- ISA