There are two questions that many have had regarding the direction of the Foundation Fieldbus specification. The first is how will the network organization use its High Speed Ethernet (HSE) protocol.

The specifications are in compliance with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61508 standard (functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable ...

Digital fieldbus technologies, including Foundation fieldbus and Profibus, are increasingly being used with success in the nuclear and fossil fuel power industries. This article compares a ...

Food processor Aarhus United has installed PlantWeb digital plant architecture from Emerson Process Management at its new Danish oil processing plant. The new IT infrastructure includes a DeltaV ...

The adoption of digital bus technology such as Foundation fieldbus, Profibus-DP or DeviceNet is a significant shift from traditional power plant instrumentation and control. Digital bus experience in ...

Based on a presentation to ISA2001, Sept. 10-13, 2001, Houston. The waterflood facilities for PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia´s Balam and Bangko oil fields, on Indonesia´s Sumatra Island, included ...

The latest version of Advanced Diagnostic Module DTM software monitors the quality of fieldbus communication for Foundation fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA networks, and includes a number of updates that ...

Many automation engineers are coming face to face with real fieldbus applications for the first time. Fieldbus (the use of digital communications networks for distributed instrumentation and control) ...