The adoption of digital bus technology such as Foundation fieldbus, Profibus-DP or DeviceNet is a significant shift from traditional power plant instrumentation and control. Digital bus experience in ...

It looks like the Profibus Trade Organization (PTO, www.us.profibus.com) will be putting more emphasis on promoting Profinet in the coming months. In the past, the trade group—which is the North ...

Profibus-DP joins DeviceNet, CANopen, and ModBus/RS-485 as the fourth communication option for the SMVector drive. According to company officials, the pop-in modules can be factory installed or simply ...

Industrial automation has made high-quality, low-cost manufacturing and process control an everyday occurrence. Industrial automation systems have been constructed with many fieldbus systems, such as ...

Indications point to a resumption of the “fieldbus wars” that generated much trade press ink in the late 1990s and early 21st century. Each organization has recently begun communication initiatives ...