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New approaches in Profibus DP and PA components (Snapshots from the near future: Part 2)

An undergoing migration Wandering around at the Hannover Messe, I visited the Phoenix Contact booth. The vast product portfolio of this company is somewhat overwhelming and covers a lot more fields of application than humanly possible. Being my focus on Process Automation, I checked out their new offerings on PROFIBUS networking. The current trend in […]

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ATEX Fieldbus Process Automation Profibus Technology

The intriguing case of fieldbus fragmentation

Chances are that you are using either an IOS based mobile phone or and Android based phone. If you are using a IOS phone  you are most likely using it running the latest OS version (9.x.x….) but if you are using an Android phone you may be running anything from 4.2 to 6.0 OS version. […]

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How to find Profibus training in South America and actually enjoy the process.

It was a decision taken by impulse. I was looking for a PITC (Profibus Certified Training Center) in order to get myself a certified Profibus trained professional certification and suddenly I had found one that was not too far away. At least I didn’t have to fly across an ocean. I have been doing Fieldbus […]

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ATEX Fieldbus Process Automation

Who’s afraid of the big, bad Ex ic fieldbus wolf?

While preparing a training for a customer, I made a thorough research of the current status of Fieldbus/Profibus device coupler’s technology and availability and spent some time working out a clear way to present the Ex ic fieldbus concept which is not as conceptually clear as the older Ex i a/b concepts. Nowadays everybody involved […]

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