Smarten-up your sensors with DeviceNet and CANopen

Smarten-up your Sensors with
DeviceNet and CANopen

Both network technologies are based on the
Controller Area Network, CAN bus, CANbus

by Olaf Pfeiffer

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We live in a computerized world that tends to distribute and to decentralize. This is not only true for the Internet where many of the hottest applications during the last year where based on distributed systems - it is also true for embedded and industrial control systems where local sensors and actuators more and more often become smarter and network enabled. One of the latest examples is a higher-end coffee machine by WMF (one of those where you have compartments for different beans, milk and water). Several microcontrollers are networked together to control all the different valves, the heater, the grinder, etc.

When talking about "embedded network enabled" in this context, please don't envision a valve with an Ethernet interface. In the arena of embedded networking we are usually faced with one major restraint: costs. Sure would it be nice to be able to place our valves and pressure sensors onto a network - but please not by adding some $10+ of hardware components.

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Smarten-up your Sensors with DeviceNet and CANopen

Both network technologies are based on the Controller Area Network, CAN bus, CANbus

Smarten-up your Sensors with
DeviceNet and CANopen

Both network technologies are based on the
Controller Area Network, CAN bus, CANbus