The increasing application of microcontrollers in low cost sensors and actuators has provided opportunities for adding diagnosis and configuration data to support increasing function requirements.
The chief reason for the development of a new technology called IO-Link has been the … Read more
The commonly used fieldbuses are:
The Table below outlines the key features of popular Fieldbuses that are commonly used in Industrial Networking:
Controller Area Network (CAN) is a serial communication protocol developed primarily for applications in the automotive industry. It is also capable of offering good performance in other time-critical industrial applications.
The CAN protocol is optimized for short messages and uses … Read more
Foundation fieldbus (FF) is an all-digital, serial, two-way communication system for industrial applications.
Foundation fieldbus specifications include two different configurations: H1 and HSE.
H1 FF communication system is mainly applied to distributed continuous process control; … Read more
Topology is an important property of fieldbus. It is employed in the selection and definition of the best and suitable physical layout of the fieldbus network. The physical layer of the fieldbus has to meet somewhat demanding requirements like immunity … Read more
Fieldbus can be defined as a digital, serial, multidrop, data bus for communication with industrial control and instrumentation devices such as sensors, transducers/transmitters, actuators, local controllers, etc.
Alternatively, Fieldbus can be defined as a digital, two-way, multidrop communication link … Read more
