While there seem to be industrial automation applications where the »Windows« operating system is considered useful, there are downsides to implementing desktop operating systems in critical applications. Apart from safety and security considerations, the very Windows-specific question of 32 or 64 Bit is coming up now in those applications as well.
A manufacturer’s declaration is asked by the IO-Link Consortium for all IO-Link Masters and Devices in order to get IO-Link conformity. Therefore, test equipment is neccessary which allows checking all relevant parameters. A major part is EMC conformity.
Following a comprehensive search for advising industry experts, the nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) group has established the CANopen SIG (Special Interest Group) »IEC 61499«. The group’s scope is the development of a framework specification for CANopen-based systems using an IEC 61499 compliant programming environment.
Power Modules for inverter applications need to switch high power levels smoothly with as low an EMI as possible. Besides, they are supposed to be small and lightweight – a balancing act
Just as the trade show SPS/IPC/DRIVES celebrates the post-crisis success of the automation industry, its chairman of the advisory board retires after 12 years.
The hardware transition from standard PC to industrial computing is going faster than ever before. Intel’s Core-I processors have replaced former generations rather quickly, since the Core architecture has some advantages that makes it well suited for IPCs. At the SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuernberg, many of those systems will be shown.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the trade fair SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 is one of the most important shows of the huge Automation Industry. Companies present their full range of electric automation technologies to an international trade audience. When this international show starts next week (November 23rd through 25th), more than 1,300 exhibitors will present their latest products and innovations in Nuremberg on 90,000 sqm.
Focusing on energy efficiency and Safety/Security, Moxa is going to exhibit products from its railway, public transportation, ITS, marine, factory automation, and power business segments at SPC/IPC/DRIVES in hall 9 stand 221.
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