In a recent industrial networking market analysis published by HMS Industrial Networks, wireless was included for the first time, with a share of installed nodes at 4%, and with the fastest growing segment at 30%. WLAN is the most popular at 2% with Bluetooth at 1%. For many companies, it’s hard to imagine life […]
The reluctant rise of wireless in industrial control Our understanding of electromagnetic waves and practical uses for them have been around for well over a century. This is where our friend Marconi pops up, with the first practical use of radio waves at the turn of the 20th century. How odd then that […]
GAMBICA, the trade body for instrumentation, control, automation and laboratory technology industry, has asked for the harmonisation of the new EN62657-2 industrial wireless co-existence standard, which otherwise could lead to a major industrial wireless failure. With the intention of preserving bandwidth, the telecommunications industry has written a harmonised standard that does not allow […]