Communications & industrial networks

In this file, you will find links to informations about the networks the most usual in industrial automated applications :

The concepts, the protocols, the technologies, the topologies & the architectures, the various implementations, the manufacturers associations, the description of the networks the most usual in automated applications ...

	Concepts, basics, generalities	Basics & concepts about the networks, datas transmissions, protocols ... Communication - concepts & generalities \| Introduction to industrial networking
	Protocols	"Hardware independent" protocols OPC \| DNP3

	Ethernet	Detailed informations about Ethernet and its various implementations Concepts, technologies \| Ethernet for the industry \| Real time Ethernet \| Fast Ethernet \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Tools
	Fieldbuses	Fieldbuses, general usage buses ... Anybus \| ArcNet \| BitBus \| CC-link \| CIP \| Ethernet IP \| Fieldbus \| FIP \| Modbus \| Profibus \| Profinet \| SafetyBUS
	Control buses	Control buses for motion control, robotics ... CAN bus \| ControlNet \| Drivecom \| Ethercat \| MACRO \| Mechatrolink \| Powerlink \| Profidrive \| SERCOS \| SynqNet
	Devices buses Measurement buses : Vision systems networks :	Instrumentation, measurement, devices buses ... DIN-Meßbus \| GPIB - IEEE 488 \| HART + HART modem \| LXI \| M-bus \| Profibus-PA Cameralink \| DCAM - IEEE 1394 \| GiGe Vision
	Sensors buses	Sensors & actuators buses ... AS-I \| DeviceNet \| Interbus \| IO-link \| P-Net \| Profibus-DP & Profinet-IO + IO-link - Communication interface for sensors and actuators
	Wireless networks	Radio transmission, powerline communications ... Radio transmissions \| Manufacturers associations
	Miscellaneous networks	Others networks eventually met in the industrial world USB

Last updated : August 30, 2010.