More PROFINET Videos
Sometimes one minute is not enough to find out about PROFINET. For those occasions, try some more detailed videos from the PROFI Interface Center, featuring Hunter Harrington. Start with the Introduction: Then continue to the first detailed video (more to come): And don’t miss Hunter in person at the PROFINET one-day training classes. –Carl Henning
Read MoreEthernet is not a protocol
Carl’s pet peeve number three*: Ethernet is not a protocol. IMS Research found that the number one industrial Ethernet protocol is “Ethernet TCP/IP.” VDC found the leading industrial Ethernet protocol is “Ethernet.” Ethernet is not a protocol! I ranted about this before, way back in 2006: “Why Use Industrial Ethernet?” So today I’ve counted to…
Read MoreSummary of News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
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 in…
Read MoreNext Year in Nuremberg for SPS/IPC/Drives 2012?
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 them…
Read MoreMiscellaneous News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
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 flight…
Read MorePROFIenergy News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
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 in…
Read MorePROFINET Chip News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
You might think this blog post is mostly for device makers… well, actually it is, but for current and prospective users of PROFINET there’s a message, too. The folks who make the devices you need have a lot of choices in how to implement PROFINET – from software stacks on standard Ethernet Controllers to custom…
Read MorePROFINET News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
The PROFINET news that jumped out at me included controllers and chips. The PROFINET wall featured more controllers than ever. Of course there were controllers from Siemens and Phoenix Contact. And we’ve seen Omron with PROFINET… and ABB. But this is the first year I’ve seen controllers from PI North America members Mitsubishi and GE…
Read MorePROFIBUS News from SPS/IPC/Drives 2011
PROFIBUS keeps on keeping on. We are expecting to exceed 40 million installed nodes through 2011. This is quite a contrast to the ads hanging on the wall in the office where we brag about exceeding 250,000! PROFIBUS is far and away the most successful fieldbus and still energetic in its maturity. The PROFIBUS PA…
Read MoreI Am PROFINET
At the PI North America General Assembly Meeting we shot a video called I Am PROFINET. The production crew gave us a few lines to say including one fill-in-the-blank line. The creative folks then took those clips to the editing room and this is the result: What do you think? –Carl Henning
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