Industrial networks & buses

EtherCAT: leveraging industrial Ethernet for 20 years

28 August, 2023 by Harry Mulder, Principal Automation Engineer, Beckhoff Automation | Supplied by: Beckhoff Automation Pty Ltd

EtherCAT is the only industrial fieldbus that leverages Ethernet for both high speed and real-time performance.


The ins and outs of I/O — local, remote and distributed

25 August, 2023 | Supplied by: Moore Industries

Defining the difference between local and remote I/O is straightforward, but the differences between remote and distributed I/O can be more nuanced.


ICP DAS iNS-308 PoE Ethernet switch

11 August, 2023 | Supplied by: ICP Electronics Australia

The ICP DAS iNS-308 is an IoT switch with eight PoE/PoE+ ports, compliant with IEEE 802.3af/at and offering up to 30 W per port.


Turck TBEN-S1-4DXP Ethernet I/O module

10 August, 2023 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

Turck's TBEN-S1-4DXP Ethernet I/O module is designed for use in applications with a low I/O requirement, such as in many logistics applications.


Turck FOC series fieldbus optocouplers

07 August, 2023 | Supplied by: Turck Australia Pty Ltd

Turck's FOC series optocouplers are designed for transmitting fieldbus communication via fibre-optic cable.


Endress+Hauser FieldGate SWG50 WirelessHART gateway

03 August, 2023 | Supplied by: Endress+Hauser Australia Pty Ltd

Endress+Hauser has launched its FieldGate SWG50, a WirelessHART gateway designed for secure communication from field devices.


ABB XIO-08, XIO-04 and XIO-0 remote I/O controllers

02 August, 2023 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd

ABB is expanding its XIO series of remote I/O controllers to provide all-in-one devices to monitor, control and manage oil and gas flow applications.


Madison Technologies expands industrial connectivity range

01 August, 2023 | Supplied by: Madison Technologies

Madison Technologies is expanding its range of industrial gateways and routers with new partner Teltonika Networks.


Siemens opens industrial wireless test laboratory to customers

31 July, 2023 | Supplied by: Siemens Ltd

Siemens has opened a new test laboratory for industrial connectivity technologies at its Erlangen site in Germany.


HMS Networks Anybus Communicator EtherCAT Main Device gateway

29 June, 2023 | Supplied by: HMS Industrial Networks

The Anybus Communicator EtherCAT Main Device is designed for connecting EtherCAT devices to Profibus, EtherNet/IP, Profinet or Modbus/TCP control systems.


Belden launches industrial data operations solutions

20 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Belden Australia Pty Ltd

Belden says its new Belden Horizon Data Operations and Data Manager software address industrial data complexity.


PROFINET and IO-Link numbers continue to increase

09 June, 2023 | Supplied by: PROFIBUS Association of Australia

The PI community is working on further establishing Profibus technology as an enabler for digitalisation in industrial automation applications.


Advantech ARK-3534 edge computer

02 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Advantech Australia Pty Ltd

The ARK-3534 is a high-performance edge computer powered by 12th and 13th Gen Intel Core i processors.


Advantech and Red Hat announce collaboration

02 June, 2023 | Supplied by: Advantech Australia Pty Ltd

Collaboration to deliver enhanced interoperability and continuous support for Advantech industrial platforms on the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.


Hirschmann EAGLE40 multiport firewall

31 May, 2023 | Supplied by: Belden Australia Pty Ltd

Belden has announced the Hirschmann EAGLE40 next-generation multiport firewall.


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