Modern visualization tools as an instrument for business

Denis Rubio

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The subject of the article is a review of modern information display tools and their applications. Special emphasis is placed on visualization solutions and tools most commonly used in Russia.

DART Fieldbus: intrinsic safety without power limits

Victor Zhdankin

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The article offers a new DART Fieldbus solution - a FieldConnex DART fieldbus. It describes the advantages of the DART intrinsically safe technology which features the capability to supply more power to the hazardous area, use the long-distance communication lines and more field devices in the industrial network segment. The article shows that with the said benefits, the DART Fieldbus is simple and reliable and has the required components for use in the PROFIBUS PA and FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 industrial networks.

Use of light emitting diodes in lighting solutions: history, current reality and future

By Andrey Turkin

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The article is devoted to the use of light emitting diodes (LEDs) as light sources for lighting applications. The article describes historical aspects of the development of LED technology and gives an overview of stateoftheart products from key producers. Also discussed are results of the introduction of LED lighting in various facilities. The article provides an assessment of the efficiency of such implementations and the potential to use the LED solutions in lighting systems.

Applying multi-core and virtualization to industrial and safety-related applications

By Jens Wiegand and Mark Chambers

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Multi-core and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance, reduce costs through hardware consolidation and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle.

Dynamic detection and interruption of the electric discharge — the new concept of intrinsic safety

By Victor Zhdankin

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A new concept of explosion protection called DART (Dynamic Arc Recognition andTermination), offered by Pepperl+Fuchs (Germany) is presented in the article. DARTeliminates strict restrictions on energy levels in existing applications with explosionprotection class "intrinsically safe electric chain", allowing the transfer of effective power upto 50 W into the hazardous zone.In addition the new technology is an alternative in cases where explosion protectionwas realized only at great cost and compromise.

What is Digital Signage?

By Denis Rubio

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The subject of the article is a review of the modern systems displaying informationfor advertising and informational purposes. Particular emphasis is placed on theinnovative solutions in the sphere of the Indoor/Outdoor Digital Signage networks.

Unified system architecture

By Ron Bernstein

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The article shows how to reduce costs and increase flexibility by specifying an open automation system for a building.

Current state and prospects of the automation systems at the concrete plants

By Aleksandr Chernigovsky

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The article addresses the basic approaches of the Russian designers to the development of the state-of-the-art automated control systems for the concrete mixing units at the concrete plants and gives the examples of their practical implementation, including those employing the digital microwave sensors for measuring moisture of the concrete mix.

LON technology

Nikolay Zhilenkov ,  Andrey Falkov

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Building automation is a specific area of automation that combines technological advances with architectural features. Among the currently available approaches to designing control systems, many are dedicated for building automation, the LON technology being one of them.