IO-Link uses standard unshielded cables to enable real-time data exchange between sensors, actuators and control systems, replacing simple on/off signals with detailed device performance and ...

IO-Link is a digital communication protocol that is used most widely in industrial automation applications. As a standardized technology, it enables seamless communication between sensors, actuators, ...

CCE4511 Four-Channel IO-Link Master IC Renesas’ new CCE4511 is the industry’s first four-channel master IC for the IO-Link protocol with 500mA driving current for each channel and provides numerous ...

Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has launched an IO-Link starter kit, which is designed to provide developers of automation solutions a quick and easy introduction to all aspects of IO-Link as well as to ...

Historically, industrial field sensors were and still are in many cases analog. They include a sensing element and some way to get the sensing data to a controller. Data was unidirectional analog.

Manufacturing companies and machine builder OEMs have been digitalizing their automation designs for decades. But in recent years, the iterative process of identifying and solving problems using data ...

LJ Welding Automation’s Pipe Titan pipe welding system leverages IO-Link for greater sensor communications flexibility. Source: Beckhoff Automation Thanks to the rise of the Industrial Internet of ...

Designers of industrial-automation applications have many viable choices for sensor-related signal conditioning and network connectivity, each with a variety of attributes. Among these is IO-Link, a ...

The new IO-Link master for the Allen-Bradley POINT I/O system and IO-Link enabled sensors from Rockwell Automation go beyond detecting machine problems to help enhance machine productivity. These ...

The new IO-Link master for the Allen-Bradley POINT I/O system and IO-Link enabled sensors from Rockwell Automation go beyond detecting machine problems to help enhance machine productivity. These ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced two semiconductor solutions for the rapidly growing ...