With the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) starting in December 2027, PROFINET has developed a scalable approach to meeting security requirements. Read about how the PROFINET architecture covers the entire security spectrum: from network segmentation to cryptographically-secured real-time communication.

Module Type Package (MTP) Specification 2.0 provides significant functional enhancements and represents an important milestone for modular automation. Check out what MTP 2.0 brings to industry.

How can even the smallest sensors communicate intelligently? For almost 20 years, IO-Link has provided compelling answers. The recipe for success: simple application combined with innovation.

Four new IO-Link products to announce this month: push-button control units from RAFI Group; two new IO-Link masters from Siemens; electronic fuses from TURCK; and pressure transmitters from NOSHOK.

There are three trade shows occurring in Germany in March at which you can find PI exhibiting: embedded world March 10-12 in Nürnberg; AAA (All About Automation) March 10-11 in Friedrichshafen; and MEORGA March 18 in Frankfurt. See you there.

PROFINET One-Day Training Classes and IO-Link User Workshops are being offered across the United States. Check out where we will be next.

Learn about Safety Data Communication from Fortress Safety on Feb 25 and learn about industrial network audits from HMS Networks on Feb 26. Register today.

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