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Control for use in an automation system

US12140919B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Festo SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Frederik Hertler · Eßlingen, DE
Jan Reimer · Palo Alto, US
Armin Hartmann · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2021
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05B2219/2642
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Control for use in an automation system, including a processor having a communication port for a communication with a sensor and for a reception of sensor signals and a control port for providing control signals, a supply connected to the control port and adapted to provide a variable electrical supply voltage at a supply port in dependence on a control signal level of the control signal, wherein the communication port, the communication port and the supply port are connected to an interface adapted for electrical connection to a sensor, wherein the processor is adapted for providing at least two different communication protocols at the communication port and for providing at least two different control signal levels at the control port.

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