When Siemens unveiled its Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) approach to manufacturing in 1996 the concept didn’t seem all that new or revolutionary at first glance. “Well that’s just modularity,” ...
EtherCAT is the Industrial Ethernet technology which stands for high-performance, low cost, ease of use and a flexible topology. VIPAs EtherCAT Master CPU opens EtherCAT to the STEP7 SIMATIC Manager ...