AUSTIN, Texas — The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that it has established a new blog addressing a wide range of issues affecting the world of Foundation technology. Located at http://foundationfieldbus.blogspot.com, the blog will cover topics of interest to fieldbus equipment suppliers, end users, engineering firms, system integrators and others.Foundation fieldbus provides a supplier-neutral, standards-based process automation infrastructure for plant operational excellence — one of the most advanced and scalable solutions available. The technology is designed to enable process integrity; business intelligence; and open, scalable integration in a managed environment. The Fieldbus Foundation’s global marketing manager, Larry O’Brien, will moderate the new Foundation fieldbus blog. According to O’Brien, t"Foundation fieldbus has emerged as the 'technology-of-choice' among digital control solutions for the process automation industry — particularly in growing markets such as Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East," said O’Brien. "Today, with millions of devices installed and Foundation fieldbus controlling some of the world's largest process plants, there is strong interest in learning more about this enabling technology."A sample of recent posts on the Foundation fieldbus blog includes:
- Certification of Foundation fieldbus trainers from several leading educations institutions worldwide.
- Introduction of new Foundation-compliant products by a number of leading automation equipment suppliers.
- Successful Foundation technology installation in the municipal water industry.
- Fieldbus host interoperability testing under the Fieldbus Foundation’s new "61b" Host Profile Registration process.
