Fieldbus Systems

PROFIBUS

About PROFIBUS PROFIBUS (Process Field Bus) was originally a standard developed by Siemens for fieldbus communication in automation technology. In 1987, a consortium of over 20 institutions and companies was formed [...]

HART

About HART In the 1980s, Rosemount developed the first HART (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer). In 1989, the HART standard was introduced by the HART Communication Foundation (HCF), and it has been [...]

CAN

About CAN The CAN bus (Controller Area Network) is an asynchronous, serial fieldbus system. In 1983, Bosch developed the CAN bus for networking control units in automobiles. The goal of this [...]

DeviceNet

About DeviceNet The DeviceNet fieldbus is based on the CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol. Designed as a cost-effective yet powerful bus system for the lowest fieldbus level, it enables the networking [...]

FOUNDATION Fieldbus

About FOUNDATION Fieldbus FOUNDATION Fieldbus is a digital, bidirectional fieldbus designed to meet the requirements of process automation. This fieldbus is developed and maintained by the Fieldbus Foundation. As a member [...]

PROFINET

About PROFINET PROFINET (Process Field Network) is an Industrial Ethernet standard based on TCP/IP. PROFINET extends PROFIBUS technology with Ethernet functionality. PROFINET is divided into PROFINET CBA and PROFINET IO. PROFINET [...]