Single Pair Ethernet about to supercharge IIoT in the process industry
Mike Edwards
Features Ethernet Harting IIoT
Another big piece – many would say the biggest – needed to accelerate the digitalization of industry is falling into place. That piece, Single Pair Ethernet (SPE), is a new streamlined format for Ethernet – the catalyst for what promises to be generational change in industrial communications.
By Rainer Schmidt
Implementing the Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, involves integrating Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems, the latter performing field-level control in the traditional automation pyramid. Businesses can profit from enormous opportunities such as process optimization, flexible and modular production concepts (Industry 4.0), predictive maintenance, reduced downtime and much more.
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