Data & Security

Digi-Key Electronics and Machinechat Announce Global Availability of Industry’s Most Affordable Ready-to-Use IoT Data Management Solution for BeagleBone
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Digi-Key Electronics and Machinechat Announce Global Availability of Industry’s Most Affordable Ready-to-Use IoT Data Management Solution for BeagleBone

Digi-Key Electronics recently announced that it will be the exclusive global distributor of the industry’s most affordable ready-to-use IoT data management software for the BeagleBone platform, Machinechat JEDI One for BeagleBone. “As one of the founding sponsors of BeagleBoard, Digi-Key is pleased to continue to be the leader in supporting BeagleBone developers with innovative solutions that enable them to make their IoT ideas reality,”

 

 

 

icotek: IMAS-CONNECT – Adapter Grommets for Keystone Jacks, Pushpull Connectivity and Circular Connectors
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icotek: IMAS-CONNECT – Adapter Grommets for Keystone Jacks, Pushpull Connectivity and Circular Connectors

The new modular adapter system IMAS-CONNECT is a modular designed grommet system for mounting circular connectors, Keystone jacks, hose fittings, pressure compensation elements and much more. By utilising the modular adapter system, the cable entry frame becomes a hybrid system. Pre-terminated and standard cables or hoses can be routed and at the same time the system serves as an interface for connectors.

 

 

 

ABB’s New ANSI Medium-Voltage Digital Switchgear Offering Helps Customers Improve Safety, Efficiency, and Performance
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ABB’s New ANSI Medium-Voltage Digital Switchgear Offering Helps Customers Improve Safety, Efficiency, and Performance

ABB has recently announced the release of a new digital switchgear portfolio that offers a significant reduction in total cost of ownership as compared to conventional switchgear. Additionally, there are specific advantages in terms of safety, space savings, simplicity of design and increased flexibility in protection and control. ABB is a manufacturer of UL certified ANSI digital switchgear.

 

 

 

Phoenix Contact: BOXTRAB Surge Protective Device
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Phoenix Contact: BOXTRAB Surge Protective Device

Phoenix Contact’s new BOXTRAB surge protective device (SPD) combines protection for power, data, and signal within the same enclosure. In the process industries, instrumentation requires both power and signal/data control lines. Equipment users often protect these circuits with two dedicated surge protectors: one for power and one for signal. BOXTRAB provides an all-inclusive suppression system comprising independently configured protection arrays within a single enclosure to safeguard both the instrument’s power and signal lines.

 

 

 

ABB and IBM to Bolster Cybersecurity for Industrial Operations
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ABB and IBM to Bolster Cybersecurity for Industrial Operations

ABB and IBM have recently announced a collaboration focused on connecting cybersecurity and operational technology (OT). As a first result of this collaboration, ABB has developed a new OT Security Event Monitoring Service1 that combines ABB’s process control system domain expertise with IBM’s security event monitoring portfolio to help improve security for industrial operators.

 

 

 

Beckhoff: Webinar – Cloud Services as a Competitive Factor
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Beckhoff: Webinar – Cloud Services as a Competitive Factor

Networked automation with cloud computing: The efficient use of cloud services is increasingly developing into a decisive competitive factor in the industrial environment. The EK9160 IoT Bus Coupler establishes a direct connection between EtherCAT I/Os from Beckhoff and the Internet of Things (IoT) without any special control program. The coupler thus offers the simple and standardized integration of I/O data into cloud-based communication and data services.

 

 

 

Siemens: 3WA Air Circuit Breakers
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Siemens: 3WA Air Circuit Breakers

Ever stricter standards and increasingly automated infrastructure and systems require fail-safe power distribution. Discover the new 3WA air circuit breakers – they let makers simply achieve what they want to achieve. Whether you are quality-conscious, demanding efficiency, forward-looking, or system-oriented – the 3WA air circuit breaker is set to be the new central component of your switchgear panel. Convince yourself how it simply and reliably supports you in all situations.

 

 

Weidmuller: RockStar ModuPlug
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Weidmuller: RockStar ModuPlug

More for less: RockStar ModuPlug sets new standards. The modular connector system solves space problems by offering increased functionality with a reduced installation space, which in turn also helps keep the weight down. And all this with more convenient installation. Simply more of what you need and less of what you can do without.

 

 

 

As Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure Spike, Siemens USA Launches Innovative Cybersecurity Analytics Lab to Help Protect America’s Operational Technology
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As Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure Spike, Siemens USA Launches Innovative Cybersecurity Analytics Lab to Help Protect America’s Operational Technology

Siemens USA announced the launch of its technologically advanced cyber test range housed at its U.S. R&D headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. The COVID-19 pandemic and the related increase in cyberattacks has highlighted the need for facilities such as this to focus on prevention, detection, and response solutions. Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) put out an alert recommending immediate actions to mitigate attacks on operational technology (OT).

 

 

 

Liquid Cooling vs. Immersion Cooling Deployment
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Liquid Cooling vs. Immersion Cooling Deployment

Immersion cooling, first commercialized in the early 2000s, has generated a lot of attention and a host of eager advocates over the years. Compared to the more traditional liquid cooling solutions bringing cooling to IT appliances or directly onto the chips, immersion cooling essentially gives it a bath, submerging the equipment – lock, stock and barrel – into a pool of dielectric fluid.

 

 

 

Time Savings and Flexibility When Designing Control Cabinets
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Time Savings and Flexibility When Designing Control Cabinets

LÜTZE has expanded its proven AirSTREAM wiring system to include a modular mounting rail system that allows a previously unattainable level of flexibility and simplified frame assembly. The new AirSTREAM mounting rail system is suitable for users that want to design a mounting frame independently, quickly and easily on site. To this end, the LÜTZE engineers have expanded the modular system to include defined lengths and standardized dimensions in a 10, 25 and 50-mm hole pattern.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Acquires Cybersecurity Company
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Rockwell Automation Acquires Cybersecurity Company

Rockwell Automation, Inc. recently announced that it has acquired Oylo, a privately-held industrial cybersecurity services provider based in Barcelona, Spain. Oylo is dedicated to providing a broad range of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity services and solutions including assessments, turnkey implementations, managed services and incident response.

 

 

 

Increased Touch Protection for Easily Accessible Areas
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Increased Touch Protection for Easily Accessible Areas

Small, compact and now touch-proof: All connectors in WAGO’s WINSTA MINI Pluggable Connection System are now available with IP40 protection. WAGO’s compact installation connectors, which impress with their small size and tool-free actuation, are ready for duty in highly accessible areas, including shops, trade fair construction or even furniture making.

 

 

 

High-Performance Networks – Wago Industrial Managed Switches for Energy Suppliers
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High-Performance Networks – Wago Industrial Managed Switches for Energy Suppliers

WAGO adds two new switches that are tailored to substation automation to its growing product range. The 852-1505/000-001 Switches are designed for “Power over ETHERNET” (PoE), which provides power supply and data transfer together through just one ETHERNET cable. This streamlined wiring configuration offers significant potential savings for installation and operating costs while taking up significantly less space.

 

 

 

Phoenix Contact: Electronics Housings for RPI Touch Displays
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Phoenix Contact: Electronics Housings for RPI Touch Displays

UCS series universal electronics housings from Phoenix Contact are now also available with ready-made cutouts for the 7 inch touch displays of Raspberry Pi boards, as well as all the standard connections for the mini computers. The polycarbonate housings provide a functional package for the B2 and B3 Raspberry Pi models.

 

 

 

Digital Data Boosts Efficiency in the Engineering Process
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Digital Data Boosts Efficiency in the Engineering Process

When it comes to optimizing and designing seamless processes in control cabinet manufacturing, the process steps and interfaces must be considered even before the actual engineering. Finding, obtaining, preparing, revising, and adapting item data for use in a CAE program eats up valuable resources and increases lead times for many companies that specialize in control cabinet manufacturing.