Posts Tagged ‘show report’
PROFINET 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 MoreHanover Fair 2011 Summary
Finally finished all the Hanover Fair blog posts: Hanover Fair 2011 Part 1: First Impressions Hanover Fair 2011 Part 2: PI Booth Hanover Fair 2011 Part 3: PROFIenergy Hanover Fair 2011 Part 4: PI North America Member Products Hanover Fair 2011 Part 5: IO-Link Hanover Fair 2011 Part 6: The Lighter Side Other reports: Jörg…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2011 Part 6: The Lighter Side
What do these have in common: chocolate rabbits, ceramic “iPods”, logoed hard-boiled eggs, happy hour, a band, and stuffed animals (including one “driving” an AGV)? They were all in the PI booth! Hanover Fair is not all about the technology and drinking beer; there’s a lighter side, too. At the PI booth we were giving…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2011 Part 5: IO-Link
IO-Link was once again displayed in many locations, including the PI booth. I especially liked this pictorial explanation of the benefits of IO-Link: [click for larger image] The benefits can be summarized as “You don’t have to manually go to each device to configure it, re-configure it, or extract asset management information from it.” In…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2011 Part 4: PI North America Member Products
Quite a few PI North America members had products in the PI booth. Some were on the PROFINET walls, like the Innovasic development kit: Some had larger displays in the PI booth like Harting and Molex. Here’s the Molex stack running on an iPad: Some had PROFINET products in their own booths like Phoenix Contact. …
Read MoreHanover Fair 2011 Part 3: PROFIenergy
Energy savings was ubiquitous at Hanover Fair this year. In keeping with this theme, PI presented PROFIenergy. We presented a PROFIenergy wall with background information about PROFIenergy and an interactive product display: For a video introduction to PROFIenergy, see this video that Automation World shot in the booth. PROFIenergy products are available from multiple vendors;…
Read MoreHanover Fair 2011 Part 2: PI Booth
PI invited some friends over to share the booth, forum, and catering area. In addition to PI’s large area, FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, and HART Communication Foundation were also in our “Fieldbus Communication Lounge.” PI has instigated cooperative efforts with all three groups to ease user interaction in wireless and in asset management infrastructure (FDT/EDDL/FDI).…
Read MoreSPS/IPC/Drives Recap
I planned a comprehensive roundup of news from SPS/IPC/Drives with links to all the show news from around the web, but Eoin Ó Riain beat me to it. So just go there: http://instrumentsignpost.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/largest-automation-event-in-2010/ For PROFIBUS and PROFINET news you can revisit my posts: SPS Show Report 2010, Welcome to the PI Booth SPS Show Report…
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