Industrial communication protocols serve as the backbone of modern automation, enabling seamless connectivity between devices, systems and applications across both process and factory environments.

Thomas Steen Halkier, CEO of NeoCortec, talks to New Electronics about plans for taking NeoMesh to the next level.

Profinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, CC-Link, Mudbus, OPC UA are common in industrial automation. SNMP, REST, SMTP, POP, HTTP, FTP, ODBC, OLE-DB and OPC UA (again) are protocols common in the IT space.

Whether implemented in hardware or software, network protocol stacks are complex structures. As such, most are purchased from third parties. But AnyWare, a compiler-based technology from Novilit, now ...

Jini—Network Service Location Embedded network devices use infrastructures, like Sun's Jini, to locate network-based services. Jini thrives because most embedded devices support Java. Gateways provide ...

Computer networks and communication systems are interdisciplinary fields that require state-of-the-art engineering skills to meet the requirements of future technologies. Rapid growth in cloud ...

Do we really need new network protocols? The short answer is yes. Sure, the existing set of network protocols have worked surprisingly well, and attempts at improving them have frequently resulted in ...

Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

Ethiopia is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa with a population of more than 130 million. Until recently, its power grid only extended to a small percentage of its population—those nearest to ...