Fieldbus Guide

Here’s a selection of some of the best online fieldbus information on the site:

• Crossing the Chasm
  Digital Fieldbus Networks Bridge the Gap from Field Devices to the Control Room

Articles

• Shell's Long-Time Push for Fieldbus
  What's Next? Making Foundation Fieldbus Systems More Mature. Meaning, Making Them More Broadly Applicable in Projects
• Wireless or Fieldbus?
  Is Wireless Easier to Integrate with Legacy Systems than Fieldbus? Since Wireless Emerged as Viable Option, Users Have Been Pleased to Find That Wireless Connects Easily with Their Old System
• Armoring Up for Safety
  Eastman Chemical Uses FISCO and Advanced Diagnostics to Implement Intrinsically Safe Fieldbus in a Hazardous and Corrosive Environment
• Using FDT Technology to Expedite Fieldbus Commissioning
  Users Embrace Advancements to Installation and Commissioning Practices with FDT Technology
• Break Through: Fieldbus Protocols
  Fieldbus Protocols Continue Pushing into Mainstream Process Applications, and Innovative Users Are Forcing Their Network Infrastructures to Evolve Along with Them
• How's Your Fieldbus Resume?
  What Kind of Qualifications Should You Be Displaying to Qualify for the Jobs That Are Available?
• Better Fieldbus "Control in Field" Saves Time and Headaches
  Invensys' Charlie Piper Demonstrates New I/A Series Control System Capabilities
• Simplifying Fieldbus Device Calibration
  Creative End Users Have Been Exploring the Use of 802.11 Wireless to Display their DCS Interface on a Wireless Laptop or Notebook PC
• The One Network
  Our intrepid 'On the Bus' columnist joins the search for the single network standard for digitally integrated transmitters.
• Fieldbus in biopharma applications, Part 1
  This article highlights issues associated with the installation of a multiple-fieldbus control system at a pharma processing facility and talks about its implications for handling an entire manufacturing suite.
• Fieldbus in biopharma applications, Part 2
  This article highlights issues associated with the installation of a multiple-fieldbus control system at a pharma processing facility and talks about its implications for handling an entire manufacturing suite.
• Not jazzed about fieldbus? Try it
  Columnist John Rezabek notes that most systems now have excellent engineering tools and allow easy integration of fieldbus devices, so there are ever-fewer excuses not to try some truly distributed control.
• Intrinsically safe Foundation fieldbus H1 networks
  This article provides you with the information needed to understand what is required to implement an intrinsically safe (IS) Foundation fieldbus H1 network in a classified hazardous area of your plant.
• Fieldbus in hazardous areas
  Digital fieldbus networks have created new options for installing devices in hazardous areas by simplifying implementation of IS systems and avoiding explosion-proof enclosure conduit systems.
• Is FDT good for fieldbus and device networks?
  CONTROL's Ian Verhappen, Chair of the Fieldbus Foundation User Group, looks at the latest battleground in the Fieldbus Wars. Is this Fieldbus Wars II or can FDT/DTM and EDDL work together?
• Digital fieldbus networks
  It's not so easy to deploy digital fieldbus networks in existing process plants. Working to upgrade from discrete and analog connections to digital fieldbus networks presents a host of options and challenges.
• Practical fieldbus tools aid predictive maintenance
  Fieldbus instruments and wiring aren't always less expensive than traditional components, however, the true value of fieldbus technologies lies in improving maintenance staff productivity and in adopting predictive maintenance practices to increase uptime.

Whitepapers

• User's Guide to Calibration of Fieldbus Transmitters