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Safety over EtherCAT conformance testing

To formally confirm a high level of safety, the manufacturers of EtherCAT devices must meet requirements during development, …

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Use Cases for a CIP Companion Specification for OPC UA

An OPC UA companion specification for CIP to OPC UA Gateways is based on assumptions that the cloud …

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PROFINET Over Industrial WLAN Infrastructure

Two key challenges need to be addressed when building a stable PROFINET application over a WLAN infrastructure. The …

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Securing network devices with the IEC 62443-4-2 standard

As devices are being constantly added to networks, device security is of paramount concern to asset owners. Complete …

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Time synchronization to improve determinism and response time

Synchronizing I/O tasks with application execution can result in improved application response times. In an ever-changing world where …

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Single-Pair Ethernet for constrained devices

Single Pair Ethernet offers reduction in wiring, node cost, size and power consumption, delivering communication and power over …

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How Industrial Linux enables distributed IIoT applications

Distributed IIoT applications require robust, secure operating systems to preprocess mission-critical information before transmitting to the cloud. Capable …

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Industry 4.0 communications for process automation

Digitization is shifting toward the sensor in the era of Industry 4.0 process automation. Implementation of smart sensors …

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