Category Archives: RTA’s Blog
Three Reasons to Love EtherCAT
My wife and I are very similar people in a lot of ways but also [...]
Feb
A Refresher Course on OSI & TCP/IP
EtherNet/IP. PROFINET. Modbus. MQTT. OPC UA. We spend so much time and energy talking about [...]
Jan
Get Your CANopen-er Gear Today!
CANopen is the only industrial protocol in which devices are not strictly peer-to-peer and not [...]
Jan
Will DF1 Live Forever? (Revisited)
DF1 is no longer entering middle age, it’s creeping up on retirement age. Anyone who [...]
Dec
PROFIBUS Fun Facts
I love fun facts, especially those that disprove common misconceptions. Here are a few that [...]
Nov
Wondering Aloud About Device Discovery
In the IT world, both network pings and System Network Maintenance Protocols (SNMP) provide a [...]
Nov
Three Things Every Beginner Must Know About PROFINET IO
It was 3:00 AM and I couldn’t sleep. My wife had made her way to [...]
Oct
PLCs v PACs v IPCs
In the world of industrial automation, the terms PLC, PAC and IPC get thrown around [...]
Aug
Why Partner with an Expert in Data Movement?
Revenue drives business. In the industrial manufacturing space, revenue growth comes down to reducing waste [...]
Jun
How to Pick an Edge Device Platform
An awful lot of time and effort is put into discussing factor floor protocols like [...]
Apr
