Industrial Networks

What can Ethernet-APL do for you?

Ethernet-Advanced Physical Layer (APL) starts with intrinsic safety, but high speed, diverse data, network simplicity and other advantages quickly follow
Industrial Networks

Dow tests Ethernet-APL, too

Jim Montague
Dow wants to learn "how Ethernet-APL can provide more data" and is setting up evaluations at laboratories in Houston and the Netherlands
Industrial Networks

BASF leads the way

Jim Montague
Since building its test lab in 2019-20 in Germany, BASF is still the furthest along in testing, applying and improving Ethernet-APL
Industrial Networks

APL products start popping

Jim Montague
Phoenix Contact, Pepperl+Fuchs and Relcom presented Ethernet-APL products at Single-Pair Ethernet Education Day 2024
Source: Ethernet-APL.org
Industrial Networks

Snag removal speeds Ethernet into safety settings

Jim Montague
Ethernet-APL runs at 10 Mbps, faster than protocols like Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus PA or HART
Wireless

Impact of everywhere HMI

Ian Verhappen
Context is critical for process information, so mobile displays must handle the job
Wireless

Island hopping beyond the edge

Jim Montague
Emerson, Honeywell and Siemens weigh in on mobility and edge computing
Wireless

Assembling a digitalized lasagna

Jim Montague
System integrator Gray Solutions shows how audits, skills, standards and cybersecurity build combined wireless, mobility and edge computing solutions
Wireless

Untethered mobility

Digitalization combines wireless and edge computing in new ways
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Wireless

Little edges and big edges

Jim Montague
System integrators Patti Engineering and Interstates experiment with lower-cost edge devices
Source: Platinum Electrical Engineering
Wireless

Mobile control attracts other players

Jim Montague
EPC Platinum and Schneider Electric build a robot to coat U.K. aircraft carrier decks