Dietmar Bohn is the new managing director of the PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) and is leading both the PNO business office and the PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) Support Center in Karlsruhe, Germany, together with Dr. Peter Wenzel.
PI North America is proud to welcome Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, as its newest omlox member.
Our top-5 list of articles from 2022 include those covering 10BASE-T1L, IO-Link Safety, Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), the 2021 annual Node Count, and of course: New Products. Read on to recap and review.
The major standards development organizations (SDOs) OPC Foundation, PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI), ODVA, and FieldComm Group have announced the release of the first Whitepaper of their joint working group, the Industrial Ethernet Security Harmonization Group (IESHG).
There are lots of opportunities to take advantage of PI marketing activities to not only promote your products and services, but also get involved in the PI community and help shape the future. Check out the 2023 PNO marketing program, see the updated PI North America member benefits, and participate in PI Working Groups.
The PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO) is planning the next PI-Konferenz, as an in-person event at the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). On March 22 and 23, 2023, the eighth PI-Konferenz will be held with the aim of presenting PI technologies for the digital transformation.
PI is rapidly developing the PROFINET Tester for members to help simplify product certification. This test tool is also used by PI test labs for certification testing of devices and controllers. Therefore, device manufacturers can get a handle on how their product performs against the test tool before submitting it for certification.
Leading robot experts and PLC manufacturers from more than 20 companies met in Nuremberg, Germany in November to exchange ideas about activities in, and the future of, robot programming. The basis is the Standard Robot Command Interface (SRCI): a standardized data interface between PLCs and robot controllers.
