Thanks to the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the number and type of sensors deployed on factory floors is growing and in search of a streamlined way to communicate and share data, ...

Designers of industrial-automation applications have many viable choices for sensor-related signal conditioning and network connectivity, each with a variety of attributes. Among these is IO-Link, a ...

IO-Link is a powerful yet simple protocol with wide industry support. IO-Link improves digital or analog sensor interfaces, providing significantly more information, configurability, and control to ...

Modern factories rely on computer networks to provide the communications between machine tools, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), robots, and other equipment. Sensors are connected to ...

The vendor-independent interoperability aspects of IO-Link make this non-fieldbus method of connecting plant floor devices and systems an appealing way to jump-start Internet of Things initiatives.

A new transceiver for the single-drop communication interface IO-Link promises to boost factory floor efficiency and productivity by enabling seamless, bidirectional communication between sensors, ...

The MAXREFDES37# IO-Link® servo driver provides 5V power, four PWM outputs and four digital inputs for control of up to four 5V servo motors. The MAXREFDES37# IO-Link® servo driver provides 5V power, ...