Fieldbus Technology

Fieldbus Technology (FT) is an enabling platform that is becoming the preferred choice for the next generation real-time automation and control solutions. This book incorporates a selection of research and development papers. Topics covered include: history and background, contemporary standards, underlying architecture, comparison between different Fieldbus systems, applications, latest innovations, new trends as well as issues such as compatibility, interoperability, and interchangeability.

Inhalt

1 Fieldbus and Contemporary Standards.- 2 Industrial Ethernet Protocol Wars: Fieldbus Revisited.- 3 Real-time Characteristics of the Foundation Fieldbus Protocol.- 4 Components Based DCS Design Method.- 5 Fieldbus for Control and Diagnostics.- 6 Control of Flexible Conveyor Systems for Automated Assembly.- 7 Control Networks and the Internet.- 8 The SERCOS Interface(TM) for Digital Motion Control.- 9 Control of Fieldbus-based Systems Via the Internet.- 10 CORBA-based Middleware for the CAN.- 11 A Synchronous Model for Fieldbus Systems.- 12 Advanced Functions for Fieldbus Cased Integrated Control Systems.- 13 Real-time Communication Using Foundation Fieldbus.- 14 Foundation Fieldbus and Its Interoperability.- 15 Distributed Real-time Control Systems Using CAN Bus.- 16 Network Architecture for Home Automation.- 17 Electromagnetic Compatibility of Fieldbus Communication.- 18 Communication Protocols for Application in Agricultural Vehicles.- 19 P-NET: European Fieldbus Standard.- 20 The INTERBUS.- 21 Channel Backlog Estimation in LonWorks®.- 22 The WorldFIP.- 23 Some Studies on CAN Fieldbus.- 24 Fault Correcting and Temporally Predictable Fieldbus Communication.- 25 Application of Fieldbus Technology in Mechatronic Systems.