Abstract: In an arrangement of an electrically communicative voltage supply for controlled operation of at least one electrically operable IO-Link device using an electrical DC voltage provided by a voltage supply unit as well as an IO-Link communication interface which is provided for the controlled operation of the at least one IO-Link device and formed with at least one channel, the IO-Link communication interface which is formed with at least one channel and the voltage supply unit form a structural unit and the IO-Link communication interface includes an IO-link master providing a gateway function.

Abstract: In order to transmit data from an absolute position measurement system to an incremental interface, the transmission of an absolute position is carried out in a virtual reference journey of a position counter (cnt) via several phase-shifted electrical signals. During the virtual reference journey, at least one further information is transmitted in addition to the absolute position. For this purpose, a correspondingly designed absolute measurement system and a computing device are used, the computing device being designed to receive and evaluate data via an incremental interface.

Abstract: In an inductive displacement measuring sensor for measuring the distance, the spatial orientation, the thickness, the material properties or the like of a target object, which sensor has a transmitter element which emits a pulsed signal and a receiver element for detecting a pulse response caused by the emitted pulsed signal in the target object, provision is made, in particular, for the detected pulse response to be immediately evaluated using an artificial neural network.

Abstract: A method for operating a magnetostrictive displacement measuring device, having a wave guide for guiding at least one mechanical wave, at least one damping zone, a magnetic position encoder which is displaceably arranged along a measuring range of the position measuring device and a detection unit, generates the at least one mechanical wave by an excitation signal (IP) having a clock frequency (f1, f2), at least two mechanical waves having respectively different clock frequencies (f1, f2, f) being generated. The clock frequencies can be predetermined such that interfering reflections (R11, R12) occur at different positions (x11, x21, x2) of the measuring range of the displacement measurement device, and during the method of the position encoder, switching between the different clock frequencies (f1, f2, f) takes place, such that the interfering reflections (R11, R12) on the respective different positions (x11, x21, x22) of the measuring range are masked out.

Abstract: A proximity sensor for measuring the distance from an object contains a microwave oscillator providing, as an output signal, a transmission wave emitted toward the object as a free space transmission wave reflected by the object, the object being electrically conductive or having at least one electrically conductive surface, as a free space reflection wave and is received by the proximity sensor as a reflection wave. The reflection coefficient is determined from the transmission and reflection waves and is provided by the proximity sensor as a measure of the distance. The transmission wave is guided in a waveguide as a waveguide transmission wave and is injected into the waveguide with a wave mode which results in the waveguide transmission wave being separated at the aperture at the front end of the waveguide into the free space transmission wave and in the free space transmission wave propagating to the object.

Abstract: A control device for controlling a safety device which can be connected to a master assembly by means of an IO link is characterized in that a safety protocol can be transmitted via an IO link connection.

Abstract: In a method for initializing at least one network segment of a network for the wireless location of movable locating objects arranged in a limited space using pulsed radio signals, wherein the at least one network segment in the limited space has at least two spaced apart reference nodes which form a chain-shaped communication network and which are autarkic in terms of communication, wherein a locating object arranged in the limited space is able to be located using one of the distance-based trilateration carried out by at least three reference nodes, and wherein general information is communicated by broadcast channels, the reference nodes listen to the broadcast channels in a standby position until initial information about their active participation in the communication network is received.

Abstract: A field bus system includes at least one bus module designed as a master module with at least one connecting device for connection to a network and with at least one port for connecting a parameterizable IO link device. The field bus system uses a data storage device which is designed as an IO link device and which can be connected to the at least one port for connecting an IO link device and in which all parameters of the IO link devices connected to the master module are stored and can be read by the master module.

Abstract: An electric cable includes at least one current line having first and second ends, including several wires, a first plug connector and at least one second plug connector arranged on the first and second ends, respectively. At least one plug connector includes a material having A) 98.0% to 99.8% by weight of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethane (PU), styrene-butadiene block copolymers (SBS), perfluorocarbons and mixtures thereof, and B) 0.2% to 2.0% by weight additives. The total of components A and B results in 100% by weight. A first connection nut and at least one second connection nut are arranged on the first and second plug connectors, respectively. At least one light source is arranged in a first plug connector and/or in a second plug connector and is configured in order to be supplied with electrical energy by at least one wire of the current line.

Abstract: A method for the activation of an electrical device (50), which comprises at least one electrical component (30) whose values are mechanically variable by rotating or displacing is characterized by the following steps: at least one first and one second threshold value are predetermined, which are adjustable by rotating, touching, displacing or other manipulations; a time window starts after reaching the first threshold value by manipulation of the electrical component (30); if the second threshold value is reached by manipulation of the electrical component (30) within the time window, an activation signal is output; and if the second threshold value is not reached within the predeterminable time window by manipulation of the electrical component (30), the activation process is terminated.

Abstract: An attachment for a clamping bolt has a base body and an opening which passes through the base body. Around the through-going opening runs a contact face which is positioned orthogonally on the longitudinal axis of the through-going opening and which is configured to make contact with the clamping bolt. A receptacle region runs around the through-going opening in the basic body, between the through-going opening and the contact face. An RFID transponder is arranged in the receptacle region. The clamping bolt has a circular-cylinder-shaped clamping region. A first boundary region and a second boundary region bound the clamping region along the longitudinal axis of the clamping bolt Each boundary region has a larger external diameter than the clamping region. The attachment is arranged on the first boundary region. A through-going opening runs along the longitudinal axis of the clamping bolt.

Abstract: An attachment for a clamping bolt has a base body and an opening which passes through the base body. Around the through-going opening runs a contact face which is positioned orthogonally on the longitudinal axis of the through-going opening and which is configured to make contact with the clamping bolt. A receptacle region runs around the through-going opening in the basic body, between the through-going opening and the contact face. An RFID transponder is arranged in the receptacle region. The clamping bolt has a circular-cylinder-shaped clamping region. A first boundary region and a second boundary region bound the clamping region along the longitudinal axis of the clamping bolt Each boundary region has a larger external diameter than the clamping region. The attachment is arranged on the first boundary region. A through-going opening runs along the longitudinal axis of the clamping bolt.

Abstract: A device for receiving a data carrier has a receiving body that has a receiving region with a circular-cylindrical cross-section, wherein the receiving region has a circular opening on one end of the receiving body that corresponds to the cross-section of the receiving region, a data carrier which is arranged at least partially in the receiving region, and a circular-cylindrical fixing pin that is arranged on the other end of the receiving body.

Abstract: An IO link module has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying connection identification information of the at least one terminal. The display device is designed to permanently display the connection identification information free of a power supply using an electrical energy source which is independent of the IO link module.

Abstract: An annual directional coupler having at least three taps, which are each arranged relative to one another around routes having a wavelength difference of ¼ of a wave guide wavelength, includes in particular at least two branch lines, wherein a first branch line has at least three taps and wherein the at least second branch line does not have any taps and is supplemented by an additional route corresponding to the wave guide wavelength.

Abstract: A method for linearizing sensor signals in a magnetic strip length measuring system moves a sensor head between two magnetic poles of a measurement body. In particular, linearization takes place dynamically during operation of the magnetic strip length measuring system, and linearization deviations are compensated by extrapolation as the sensor head moves between the two poles of the measurement body from pole to pole or from pole pair to pole pair.

Abstract: An IO-Link adapter (200) for connecting a field device to a master unit having an IO-Link interface (210), a field device interface (220) and a circuit arrangement (230) for converting the field device interface data into IO-Link interface data is characterized in that the IO-Link adapter (200) has fastening elements (240) for detachably fastening to the field device, wherein by fastening the IO-Link adapter (200) to the field device, coupling of the field device interface (220) of the IO-Link adapter (200) to an interface of the field device (120) simultaneously takes place.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method for operating a sensor system comprising at least one sensor unit which provides signals, in which the signals comprise primary measurement value signals which are measurement values of the sensor unit or are generated from measurement values of the sensor unit and in which the signals comprise coefficient signals which characterize the measurement value capture.

Abstract: A proximity sensor measures the distance of a target and a method operates the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor emits a transmission signal as a free-field transmission wave, which is reflected at the target and as a free-field reflection signal is received by the proximity sensor as a reflection signal, wherein the determining of the distance is provided from the phasing of the reflection signal in relation to the phasing of the transmission signal. The proximity sensor shifts the phasing of the transmission signal chronologically.

Abstract: A system for contactless energy and data transfer has mobile and base parts. The mobile part contains a mobile part transmitter/receiver device transmitting and receiving a data signal, a mobile part transceiver and a current supply having a mobile part resonant circuit receiving an energy signal. The base part contains a base part resonant circuit for emitting the energy signal from an energy signal generator to provide a supply voltage to the current supply, a base part transmitter/receiver device receiving and transmitting the data signal, a base part transceiver, and a pulse width modulator. An impulse width modulator provides the pulse width-modulated signal which cyclically operates the energy signal generator to emit the energy signal in pulse bundles. A parameter specification provides a control signal setting at least one parameter of the pulse width-modulated signal to a value where sufficient energy transfer occurs to provide the supply voltage.