The digital factory is a factory whose operations are built on data. Operational data from factory devices, robots and machines are combined and analysed to rapidly derive new insights and inform decision-making. These insights are integral to unlocking capacity in the factory through higher utilisation, optimised manufacturing flows, increased energy efficiency and reduced raw material usage.
Within the smart factory, Analog Devices’ IO-Link master and device transceiver portfolio offers a flexible means of moving intelligence from the PLC closer to the sensors on the factory floor. While process plants, often an extension of the smart factory, are being modernised by adding high speed Ethernet to field instruments often deployed in remote and intrinsically safe environments, using the Ethernet-APL standard.
Digitize and seamlessly connect your digital factory’s automation equipment with ADI’s proven, easy-to-adopt measurement and connectivity solutions.
Smart Factory: Featured products
Industrial Ethernet Physical Layer Devices
Internal Power Switch Buck Regulators
High Input Voltage Buck Regulators
DC Motor Drivers
IO-Link Transceivers
SPoE Powered Device (PD)
Ultra Low Power Microcontrollers
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