PROFINET & OPC UA: Data to Valuable Insight

Even though PROFINET and OPC UA have some overlap in the automation and process industries, they complement each other very well in bringing the best horizontal and vertical integration possible. In the latter case, raw data from field devices turns into valuable information as expected by higher level decision-making systems.

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Strides Towards 5G Implementation – Industrial Environments

As 5G becomes available in the consumer world, industry leaders are engineering solutions to implement 5G in industrial applications. Ericsson and Audi are testing 5G ultra-reliable low-latency communication and Qualcomm and Siemens have set up the first 5G private standalone network in an industrial environment.

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New Products – March 2020

This article features new products from Endress+Hauser, Phoenix Contact, Omron, Pepperl+Fuchs, Sick, Yamaha Motors, and WEG. Learn about new gateways, robot controllers, drives, smart cameras, and liquid analytic devices that are just hitting the market.

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