Here’s a directory to PROFINET, PROFIBUS, and IO-Link news from the SPS/IPC/Drive Fair:
(There is some overlap between the blog and PROFINEWS, but the blog posts provide more behind the scenes, first-person “reporting.”?
New video from PI exploring the PI Stand:
From Phoenix Contact on their stand:
From Siemens on their stand:
At the Siemens stand, I was fascinated by the rotating “supersized” replicas of their products (click to enlarge and start slide show):
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Ethernet switch with
PROFINET connected
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Even the supersized power
supply has a PROFINET connection
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Supersized S7-1500
PROFINET controller
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Another S7-1500 with
actual size comparison
And finally, some random photos (click to enlarge and start slide show):
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- PROFINET Wall
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- IO-Link Wall
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- PI Stand Forum
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The Right Decision
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PI for 25 years
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Paper airplanes were
everywhere litter-ly
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PI North America crew
at press conference
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- Birte at the Selfie Corner
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- Karsten makes a video
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Model Airplane maker
is fascinating
I always consider AS-interface to be complementary to PROFINET and PROFIBUS. So a quick visit to the AS-i stand was in order. Their gimmick this year was laser etching your name onto a pocket knife with the AS-i logo:
–Carl Henning