Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Industrial automation

Little-endian a

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Pertaining to the order of bytes within a word, such that the least-significant byte has the lowest address (little end first). 2) Contrasted with big-endian

Binary word

Automation; Industrial automation

A related group of ones and zeros that has meaning assigned by position, or by weighted numerical value in the natural binary system of numbers.

Unattended system (bar code)

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A bar-code scanner/decoder combination that is triggered, or activated by an external source such as a computer, a programmable controller, or a switch operated automatically by some machine ...

Encoder resolution

Automation; Industrial automation

A measure of the smallest positional change that can be detected by the encoder. For a rotary encoder, the number of lines per revolution times the encoder multiplier.

Bridge (communication)

Automation; Industrial automation

An interface between links in a communication network that routes messages from one link to another when a station on one link addresses a message to a station on another link.

Clock rate

Automation; Industrial automation

The rate at which bits or words are transferred from one internal element to another.

Remote I/O

Automation; Industrial automation

1) I/O connected to a processor across a serial link. With a serial link, remote I/O can be located long distances from the processor. 2) Contrasted with local I/O