Office automation and the impacts to factory automation.

Latency in Factory Automation

Latency is a critical parameter in Ethernet networks developed for Factory Automation applications. Latency is not a defined value for Ethernet as specified by the IEEE 802.3 standard. Nor is Ethernet inherently synchronous or repeatable. This disconnect between the inherent characteristics of Ethernet and the needs of Factory Automation applications must be bridged though careful architecture ...

Automation in the Business Office

Voice mail and office automation

Contrary to expectations of a few years ago, voice mail or voice messaging technology has rapidly outpaced speech recognition and speech synthesis in applications for office automation. This growth is a result of rapid technological advances in such areas as computing technology and digital telephony. The falling cost of voice message storage, the power of computer control of messaging, and use...

Internet Technologies in Factory Automation

One of the most important changes in the technological and economic environment of industrial firms is the increasing diffusion and strongly increasing commercial use of Internet technologies in manufacturing. Both formal and empirical studies verified the significant increase in productivity through intraorganizational applications of modern information and communication technologies in manufa...

The Wireless Sensor Networks for Factory Automation

Sensors are used in many devices and systems to provide information on the parameters being measured or to identify the states of control. In recent years, the concept of computer networking has gradually migrated into the sensor community, and the trend in industry is moving toward distributed control with intelligent sensing architecture. The rapid development and emergence of smart sensor an...