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 [...]