Check out the latest release of the PROFINET Community Stack here. Now with a minimal IO Device example application designed for Raspberry Pi, plus stack improvements. Feedback welcome!

Initial approaches to converged networks are still not available today. More realistic is a step-by-step approach by adding vertical communication to existing infrastructures. PI supports this IT/OT integration with its Companion Specification series.

Seamless connection to the cloud provides for the fast provision of IO-Link data for IIoT applications. This is based on the IO-Link master, which includes a JSON over REST or MQTT interface.

There are now two comprehensive, practice-oriented guidelines on the open and interoperable omlox location-tracking standard. They help enable the non-proprietary integration of different locating technologies for seamless positioning in production and logistics.

With the mioty alliance and the IO-Link Community (PI) cooperation agreement in place, the goal of this partnership is to enable the integration of mioty devices using the same mechanisms as those used for IO-Link devices. The advantage here is that users won’t need any new tools for mioty.

Our PI booth was modern and attracted many visitors with our entire technology portfolio, including both familiar and new exhibition models. I’d like to highlight two particular aspects: the annual node numbers and the presentation of our activities.

The omlox team from PI and the FiRa Consortium are working together to optimize the use of UWB in hybrid spaces, by way of a joint working group.

Even in times of economic and structural change, PI technologies are experiencing solid growth for use in machines and systems across the globe.