Banner Engineering has created an eight-port smart hub to couple 16 discrete input-outputs to a single IO-Link serial bus cable for industrial networks. “R130C is a compact top-exit IO-Link hub that ...

Balluff has added this neatly-packaged bi-directional interface for connecting RS232 cables to IO-Link (IEC 61131-9) cables. “The converter lets you connect devices like barcode scanners, printers or ...

Connecting sensors and actuators to a network can be a challenge when dealing with discrete analog connections. The input connections are usually supported by analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and ...

The use of IO-Link as a communication protocol in industrial plants has seen remarkable expansion over the past several years. The total number of installed IO-Link nodes reached 51.6 million by the ...

IO-Link uses standard unshielded cables to enable real-time data exchange between sensors, actuators and control systems, replacing simple on/off signals with detailed device performance and ...