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Device level buses

TURCK Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) has released a tutorial that provides an overview of device level "buses," which are the communication systems that link electrical components in a packaging line.

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Covered are bus principles, including serial data transfer, types of signals, transmission distance, data encoding, protocol and messaging. Other topics include bus topology and bus access, as well as an overview of the most currently available buses, including building block buses.

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