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Device-level buses

A tutorial from Interlink BT (Minneapolis, MN) provides a thorough explanation of a variety of currently available buses such as DeviceNet(TM), Profibus(TM), Smart Distributed System (SDS)(TM), Sercos(TM), CANbus(TM), Interbus-S(TM), Seriplex® and others.

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The tutorial covers topics such as types of signals, transmission distance, data encoding, protocols, messaging and bus network layouts. Discusses common bus problems and troubleshooting procedures.

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