PROFIBUS Slide Set

PROFIBUS is the fieldbus-based automation standard of PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI), the largest automation community in the world. The PROFIBUS basic slide set gives a comprehensive overview on the PROFIBUS technology. While presenting PROFIBUS technology as a whole it concentrates on its PROFIBUS PA version. Over time PROFIBUS technologies have been and will be further complemented and replaced with the even more powerful, Ethernet-based PROFINET technology. This will also happen in the process automation application field. Therefore this document includes PROFINET technology details.