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News Release from: Moore Industries International
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2006
Introduction to fieldbus online
Moore Industries has published a free, downloadable white paper titled "Introduction to fieldbus".
Moore Industries has published a free, downloadable white paper titled "Introduction to fieldbus" The paper is designed as an understandable explanation of Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA
It strips away all the jargon and confusing terminology and explains: the differences between Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA; the elements of fieldbus - H1/PA cards, power supplies, segments, trunks, device couplers and segment terminators; how fieldbus device couplers work; how fieldbus instruments connect to a segment; how short-circuit protection works, and why it sometimes doesn't let you install 32 devices on a segment as the specifications claim; the issues involved in using fieldbus devices in hazardous areas; methods for setting up a redundant fieldbus segment for critical instrumentation; and advantages of fieldbus networks.
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