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PROFIBUS (Process Field Bus) is the most popular type of fieldbus with worldwide more than 10 million nodes (2004) in use. Profibus was developed by Siemens in Germany, and as such is much more popular there than in the USA. There is an Ethernet version of Profibus called PROFINET. A Fieldbus is an industrial network system for real-time distributed control. ... The term node can refer to: Node, a spatial locus along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. ...


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PTO - connecting North American industry to the world's most popular fieldbus ... and Industrial Ethernet! (549 words)
There are three different curricula centering on PROFIBUS, PROFIBUS in the process industry, and PROFINET.
Schedule update: PROFIBUS Classes are set for September 11 in Dallas and October 24 in Columbus, OH.
PROFIBUS in Process Classes have been confirmed for London, ON on September 19 and Kansas City on October 11.
Profibus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (263 words)
PROFIBUS was developed in 1989 as the result of a German research project involving 15 firms and research institution.
PROFIBUS was defined in 1991/1993 as DIN 19245, moved in 1996 to EN 50170 and is since 1999 included in IEC 61158/IEC 61784 Standards.
PROFIBUS International is also responsible for the development of PROFINET an Ethernet based fieldnetwork.
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