Fieldbus and Industrial Ethernet (Industrial Automation Instrument Series)

Author: Ling Zhihao (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Fieldbus, as a new technology in the field of automation, offers advantages such as openness, interoperability, and full distribution. This book aims to present an overview of fieldbus technology by elaborating on its fundamental principles, communication protocols, network structures, and application outcomes. It provides a comprehensive introduction to various influential fieldbus types, their technical characteristics, development trends, and application outcomes, covering content such as Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, PNET, SwiftNet, ControlNet, Interbus, and WorldFIP. Additionally, it discusses current technologies and trends in applying industrial Ethernet to fieldbus. This book is suitable for engineering technicians working in industrial automation and instrumentation fields, as well as for students in university programs such as automation, measurement and control technology and instruments, and electrical engineering for reference.