Compared to factory automation, process control places additional demands on communication technology. Process plants, which extend over wide areas, have a lifespan of 20+ years. They invariably run ...

Renesas Technology America Inc. has introduced the R32C/118 family of microcontrollers with two devices that incorporate 512 kbytes of flash memory, plus an additional 8 kbytes of data flash area.

And not just any old communications scheme would work. “It had to be Ethernet-based because of the high data transfer rates and the ability to go to a number of destinations without special wiring,” ...