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SPS 2012: The Show
loading… This year I am thankful that I got to spend Thanksgiving in the States and have turkey instead of turkey schnitzel. Usually for Thanksgiving I’m in Nuremberg, but this year the SPS/IPC/Drives Show was the week after Turkey Day. This is the first in a series of posts on the show. There is lots…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2: How Did PROFINET Get a Speed Upgrade
loading… Three techniques are employed to give PROFINET its speed boost to a 31.25 microsecond cycle time: fast forwarding, Dynamic Frame Packing, and fragmentation. Fast Forwarding Every microsecond counts. When a PROFINET frame passes through an Ethernet switch in a linear topology, the switch examines the frame to see if it should forward it or…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2: PROFINET Speed Upgrade
loading… One of the displays in Hanover Fair’s Field Communication Lounge (described in an earlier post) showed how a new Siemens chip supported the PROFINET speed upgrade. First, a little background: The PROFINET specification that this is based on is PROFINET version 2.3 which was released in late 2010. The speed upgrade was one of…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2012
loading… Hanover Fair concluded last Friday after 190,000 visitors had trouped through the 5,000 exhibits (from 69 countries). Twenty of the Halls were occupied, but I never made it out of Hall 9 with most of my time spent in the Field Communication Lounge, the stand cosponsored by PI. Five digital communications organizations cooperated to…
Read MorePROFINET Executive Leadership Forum Day 2
loading… Day 2 of the PROFINET Executive Leadership Forum featured presentations from Raj Batra, President, Industry Automation Division at Siemens Bernie Anger, General Manager Control and Communication Systems at GE Intelligent Platforms Michael Bastian, Controls Manager at Ford Motor Company (Powertrain Division) Joerg Freitag, Chairman of PI Tom Koulopoulos The press has already reported in…
Read MorePROFINET Executive Leadership Forum
loading… The PROFINET Executive Leadership Forum was held on February 23 and 24 in Miami. PI North America members GE Intelligent Platforms and Siemens cosponsored the event with us. The Forum provided a platform for PROFINET suppliers and users to highlight how PROFINET supported their efforts to innovate. Here’s how PI North America Executive Director…
Read MoreSummary of News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
loading… The SPS/IPC/Drives Show is very important for industrial automation professionals. I’ve been going long enough to see it grow in size and visitors (with many more international visitors lately). Given that importance, here’s a summary of news from the show from me and many others: My posts: PROFIBUS News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 covers PROFIBUS…
Read MoreNext Year in Nuremberg for SPS/IPC/Drives 2012?
loading… Since next year’s SPS/IPC/Drives Show is the week after Thanksgiving, you should plan to go. It is THE show for industrial automation. The show runs for three days: November 27 through 29, 2012. Monitor the show website for updates and news: http://www.mesago.de/en/SPS/home.htm Tickets for the show are not expensive, but you can probably get…
Read MoreMiscellaneous News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
loading… The worst part of the SPS/IPC/Drives show is getting there. I was delayed for 4 hours on the way over since we had to land in Halifax, NS, Canada for a medical emergency on board. On the way back I was happy to be delayed only an hour since I still made my connecting…
Read MorePROFIenergy News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
loading… There were a few more PROFIenergy products on the PROFIenergy wall. So while other Industrial Ethernets make plans we have members making products. We used an automotive theme to help demonstrate PROFIenergy at the show. We even have a video of PI Chairman Jörg Freitag explaining the analogy. I also used a car analogy…
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