Companies with new products to announce this month include: Dunkermotoren, MKS Instruments, Pepperl+Fuchs, Phoenix Contact, SICK, Analog Devices, Softing, Carlisle, Columbus-McKinnon, and Yaskawa.
News from PI UK and PI Brazil. PI UK participated in a virtual event in January on industrial networks and IIoT communications. PI Brazil has reelected its boards of directors, created two new working groups, and started a national node survey.
Where can you find resources to learn when in-person training is not possible? It’s not a new question –even before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a strong desire from individuals, for whatever reason, unable or unwilling to travel for hands-on PROFIBUS or PROFINET training.
This is a compilation of the most-read articles of 2020. Find out which articles made it to the top 10. Plus, read over the ones you missed!
Upcoming training includes a PROFIsafe Certified Designer training on Feb 9-11, 2021 in Karlsruhe, Germany (English language); plus an online training series on PROFINET Technology, PROFIdrive, and PROFINET PA on Feb 23-25, 2021 (German language). Register today!
New products this month include: valve manifolds with PROFIsafe from Festo; variable speed drives with PROFINET from Mitsubishi Electric; and three new PROFIBUS and PROFINET diagnostics tools from Procentec.
This year, PI has put special emphasis on creating and updating resources for members of the community. This article highlights new resources such as specifications, test tools, and white papers. You can view the complete list and download them here.
Sometimes you get the feeling that it’s almost good etiquette for work to be delayed on large-scale projects. It doesn’t have to be this way, though, as shown by results from the 2-wire Ethernet solution for process automation: Ethernet APL (Advanced Physical Layer).
