PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) is the most influential interest group in the field of industrial communication. We network expertise, companies and people – regionally and internationally.

PROFINET is an all-encompassing industrial Ethernet protocol, which has evolved from the history of widely used industry protocols, such as PROFIBUS, using several common features. Real-time ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous. As long as it is the protocol of choice in IT, and the cost of even industrially hardened Ethernet switches and I/O are low, Ethernet will remain the communication protocol of ...

Industrial automation has made high-quality, low-cost manufacturing and process control an everyday occurrence. Industrial automation systems have been constructed with many fieldbus systems, such as ...