Fieldbus Technology and Its Applications

Author: Gan Yongmei
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is richly illustrated and highlights content related to applied technology. It can serve as a teaching reference for faculty and students of automation and instrumentation majors in colleges and universities, be read by engineering technicians in related fields, or used as a training textbook for fieldbus system designers and applied technology development personnel. This book aims to introduce fieldbus, a new technology in the field of automation. The entire book strives to present an overview of fieldbus technology, based on knowledge of computer networks, communication, and the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model. It comprehensively introduces the technical characteristics, specifications, communication control chips, interface circuit design, as well as the design and application of fieldbus control systems and network systems for several influential fieldbus technologies, including Foundation Fieldbus, LonWorks, PROFIBUS, CAN, and HART.