Machine builders are enjoying a new level of machine design flexibility through the use of a single network for their entire machine, including VFD and servo drives for integrated motion control. That ...

With shrinking engineering staffs and pressure to bring systems online quickly, end users rely on machine builders to deliver machines that integrate well with existing setups. EtherNet/IP is a ...

Distributing machine mounted input/output devices continues to be a hot trend. Using Ethernet as the network of choice is growing. Balluff's new line of EtherNet/IP machine mount I/O blocks provides ...

A line of EtherNet/IP machine-mount I/O blocks and an IP 67 unmanaged switch have a low initial cost per point, says the vendor. Fast and easy IP addressing is accomplished using BOOTP/DHCP, through ...

New machine-learning (ML) architectures continue to appear. Up to now, each new offering has been implemented in a chip for sale, to be placed alongside host processors, memory, and other chips on an ...