Category Fieldbus systems & interfaces

To reduce the length of the wiring harnesses in vehicles and save on weight, the Bosch company developed the so-called CAN bus for networking control units in 1987. CAN is the abbreviation...

By using our VCP driver (Virtual ComPort), our new generation of controllers can also communicate with LabVIEW via the USB interface. ...

EtherNet/IP (EtherNet Industrial Protocol) is a real-time Ethernet protocol that is used widely in automation technology. It was developed as an open standard by Allen-Bradley and is now...

Application note Setting up TwinCAT to operate CANopen devices as NC...

This example can be used to set up our controllers with a Rockwell PLC via the Ethernet IP interface. Rockwell and Ethernet are widely used in the packaging industry, among others.

EtherCAT stands for "Ethernet for Control Automation Technology" and is an Ethernet-based real-time fieldbus protocol. Originally EtherCAT was developed by Beckhoff Automation for...

A fieldbus is a serial bus system used in machines and systems to connect sensors and actuators (motors) to each other and to one or multiple masters (industrial PCs, PLCs). Fieldbuses make...