Fieldbus brings protocol to process control

IEEE Spectrum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 60-64

  Santori, Mike ^a   Zech, Kurt ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b Fieldbus Foundation

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

FOUNDATION FIELDBUS; INTEROPERABILITY;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0030105946     PISSN: 00189235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6.485774     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. For more information about the Fieldbus Foundation and the Foundation fieldbus, contact the organization at 9390 Research Blvd., Suite 11-250, Austin, TX 78759; 512-794-8890; fax, 512-794-8893.
2. The HART Communication Foundation maintains and supports the HART protocol specification. It shares the Fieldbus address, but Its phone and fax numbers are 512-794-0369 and 512-794-3904, respectively.
3. For information on many aspects of process control, including smart field devices, see the series "Process Control Course" in I&CS Magazine, January-December 1994. The magazine can be reached at 610-964-4405; fax, 610-964-2919.