Read the Rockwell Automation and ISMG research report: Cybersecurity Preparedness in Critical Infrastructure.
Critical Infrastructure organizations increasingly realize that downtime from cyberattack can be catastrophic. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, for example, resulted in 5 days of downtime,...
Published: Jun 22, 2022
As factory automation systems become more intelligent they will move data acquisition, storage and processing out to the edge of the network, enabling real-time machine controls and management. Factories will be smarter and more connected. These “edge nodes” will predict, then prevent failures before they occur...
Wireless technology has been used in industry for many years and has provided reliable communications for monitoring and controlling remote processes, including mission-critical applications.
Understanding the capabilities and limitations of the various technologies will allow users to realize the benefits of wireless...
Your sump pump is your home’s first line of defense against flooding. Without battery backup during a power outage, your sump pump will stop working and your home will be placed at risk.
For anyone with a little mechanical aptitude, a DIY system consisting of an inverter/charger and one or more batteries...
Arc-Flash Relays are an effective defense against dangerous Arc-Flash events, and the decision to include such a relay in a design is an easy one. Less easy, however, is selecting the optimal relay for an application.
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This paper presents an investigation into the usage of modeling techniques to predict and improve the shielding effectiveness of rectangular, metallic Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) EMI cages.
These cages house bi-directional SFP+ transceiver modules that can operate at data rates up to 11.1 Gbps. The simulation...
Optical image stabilization (OIS) addresses the quality of images, and is an idea that has been around for at least 30 years. It has only recently made its way into the low-cost consumer camera market, and will soon be migrating to the higher end camera phones. This paper provides an overview of common design practices...
Consumer appetite for high-speed mobile devices and services shows no sign of slowing. Smart phones and tablet computers are flying off retail shelves around the world, promising consumers high-speed data services.
The International Telecommunications Union reports that mobile broadband subscriptions reached 1.2 billion...
As energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important in the electronics industry, many efforts are made to reduce power consumption in standby mode, the most effective being, evidently, safe disconnection by means of a mechanical switch.
Reliable disconnection from the power supply must take place directly at the...
Current fiber optic technology fails to deliver a High Performance Interconnect solution which provides service and manufacturability, high density channel count, low loss optical performance and high reliability.
New broadband service networks, high fiber densities, increasing end - user bandwidth demands and...
This paper addresses specific dielectric and conductor material relationships necessary to produce consistently causal and accurate electrical component models. The need for causal component models is highlighted by showing the types of digital waveforms that can result from simulating structures non-causally.
A brief...
Solid State Relays and Contactors (SSRs) have been available in one form or the other for over 40 years. Traditional Electromechanical Relays and Contactors (EMRs) as well as Mercury Displacement Relays and Contactors (MDRs) have been available even longer.
However, current Environmental regulations now make the future...
As more and more devices are added to the plant floor, secure and reliable signal connections are of absolute importance. Devices today must handle a wide variety of functions and include features that will ensure cost-efficiency, reliability, and safe operation. Based on customer comments and surveys, this article identifies...
Many moderate size Programmable Logic Device (PLD) designs, especially those in control plane applications, consist of a number of interfaces interconnected via an onchip bus to a microprocessor that may be on- or off-chip. Although each interface is often relatively simple, the task of building all the on-chip interconnections...
