Abstract: Disclosed is an automated method and system for upgrading an automation function controlling an actuator via a PLC (programmable logic controller), including: providing a first container and a first sidecar container, whereby the first container contains a first automation function, the first automation function is controlling the actuator via the PLC, providing a second container and a second sidecar container, whereby the second container contains a second automation function, the second automation function is receiving data from the actuator but is not controlling the actuator, based on the received data pre-activation tests for the second automation function are executed in the second sidecar container by the second test unit, if the pre-activation tests are successfully finished, the time when the control of the actuator is handed over is determined, and the control of the actuator is handed over from the first automation function to the second automation function.

Abstract: An arrangement for cooling a power module with at least one power unit in a housing is provide, the arrangement having at least one heat sink, in which the arrangement for cooling has at least one heat-sink cover, and at least a part of the power module, in particular the housing, at least a part of the heat sink and/or at least a part of the heat-sink cover are/is configured in such a way that, after attachment of the heat-sink cover, the heat sink is fixed in the housing, in particular by way of clamping, through interaction of the configuration of heat sink, heat-sink cover and/or housing. Also, a power module having such an arrangement for cooling a power module is provided.

Abstract: A circuit breaker for protecting an electric low-voltage circuit has a housing with a grid-side neutral conductor connection, a grid-side phase conductor connection, and a load-side phase conductor connection for the low-voltage circuit. A mechanical isolating contact unit is connected to an electronic interruption unit in series for a phase conductor path and is paired with the load-side phase conductor connection. The electronic interruption unit is paired with the grid-side phase conductor. A current sensor unit ascertains the level of the current of the phase conductor path. A power supply unit is connected or can be connected to the grid-side neutral and phase conductor connections. A control unit is connected to the power supply unit, the current sensor unit, the mechanical isolating contact unit, and the electronic interruption unit. A process for interrupting the current flow in the phase conductor is initiated when current thresholds or current/time thresholds are exceeded.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an arrangement comprising: a sensor unit; a housing with a first end, a second end, a plurality of inlet openings, and an outlet opening; and an attachment apparatus for a fixed mechanical attachment of the housing to a wall at the first end of the housing. The outlet opening is not one of the plurality of inlet openings. The sensor unit is arranged at least partially inside the housing at a first distance from the first end and at a second distance from the second end. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The outlet opening is at a third distance from the first end and a fourth distance from the second end. The third distance is greater than the fourth distance.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a process plant in which a number of control processes are performed on common hardware, wherein encoded process variables are encoded in each of the control processes based on signatures that are defined individually in each of the control processes.

Abstract: A system including a communication bus for data transmission includes: a first interface unit configured to receive a first event message from a first entity coupled to the first interface unit; a second interface unit for coupling a second entity; a backlog storage unit configured to store the first event message and to determine whether the second entity is a subscriber of the first event message; and a first bridge unit configured to translate, if the second entity is a subscriber of the first event message, the first event message by using a first semantic translation into a translated first event message, wherein the second interface unit is configured to receive the translated first event message and to transmit the translated first event message to the second entity.

Abstract: A power module includes a power unit. The power unit includes a power semiconductor and a substrate. In order to improve the reliability of the power module, the substrate of the power unit is directly connected in an integrally bonded manner to a surface of a heat sink. The power unit is surrounded at least partially by a housing. The housing includes a housing frame which is connected liquid-tight to the surface of the heat sink and formed from a first dielectric material, and a housing cover which is connected to the housing frame to close the housing and is formed from a second dielectric material.

Abstract: A system comprises an EV with an infotainment unit, a driver App, an electric mobility service provider (eMSP) cloud and a user charging profile database to identify a Bluetooth® and time/location-based driver charging profile for its automatic selection in a charging session. The driver App is configured to communicate with the infotainment unit via a Bluetooth® interface such that a Bluetooth® MAC address being assigned to each device connected to a network is used to identify a vehicle ID and a mobile device location is used as a proxy for a vehicle location. The eMSP cloud is configured to receive the vehicle ID and the vehicle location. The user charging profile database including user charging profiles. The driver App includes a Bluetooth® plus time-based profile automatic selector for a charging session to automatically select a proper user charging profile based on the MAC address plus a day/time/location-based pre-configuration.

Abstract: The gross or net calorific value of a hydrocarbon-containing fuel gas is determined by using a Raman photometer. A Raman radiation obtained following interaction of laser light with the fuel gas is limited by a bandpass filter to a wavenumber range of the C—H stretching vibrations of the hydrocarbons contained in the fuel gas around 2900 cm?1 and is supplied to a photomultiplier and integratively detected by the photomultiplier. The gross or net calorific value is determined from the output signal of the photomultiplier.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for processing a quantum sensor signal of a quantum sensor. An example includes: obtaining a quantum sensor signal including a quantum-physical superposition state with the quantum sensor; and processing the superposition state without prior reduction with quantum information processing.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement, in particular a power semiconductor arrangement for a converter, includes a closed housing, a semiconductor element arranged in the housing, and a free-flowing material at least partially filling the housing and directly contacting the semiconductor element. The free-flowing material contains electrically insulating particles. A circuit carrier is arranged in the housing, and the semiconductor element is connected by a force-fit connection to the circuit carrier.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method to operate a cross communication domain system having a wireless communication system and an industrial network.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement, in particular a power semiconductor arrangement for a converter includes a housing, a semiconductor element arranged in the housing, and a potting compound capable of being melted by a heating process. The potting compound at least partially fills the housing and is in direct contact with the semiconductor element. A circuit carrier is arranged in the housing and connected to the semiconductor element by a force-fit.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for authorizing a charging process at a charging point. The method may include: establishing a near field interface between an authentication means and the charging point; transmitting a user identification signed using a signature key via the near field interface and authenticating by checking the signed user identification; reconciling a plurality of condition data sets retained in a memory area of the authentication means with a plurality of condition data sets retained in a memory area of the charging point, wherein an item of version information is assigned to one of the condition data sets and a first condition data set is replaced by a second condition data set by the reconciliation in consideration of a comparison of the respective version information; and authorizing the charging process by evaluating one of the condition data sets.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an attestation component configured to attest a cloud-based execution environment. The cloud-based execution environment comprises at least one application instance and a project plan assigned to the at least one application instance. The attestation component may include: a determination component configured to determine at least one piece of trustworthiness information indicating a trustworthiness of the cloud-based execution environment and of the at least one application instance; and a linking component configured to establish a link between the trustworthiness information and the project plan.

Abstract: A rapid safety switch has a switch housing. The switch housing has six outer housing faces, including a front housing face, an open rear housing face, an upper housing face, a lower housing face, a first housing face, and a second housing face. An operating tool interface can be operated through one of the outer housing faces. The switch further includes one or more connection elements for controlling the rapid safety switch. The rapid safety switch can be unlatched by an electromagnetic trigger, and the rapid safety switch has a moving contact.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include methods and systems for determining a residence time of a synchronization message according to a precision time protocol or PTP wherein the synchronization message is transmitted through a section or portion of a network. While transparent clocks are usually regarded as monolithic devices, a residence time may be determined as a time for traversing devices or nodes distributed within a network or within a portion of a network. The present embodiments may be particularly useful for 5G wireless communication network having TSN capabilities or, in other words, operating as a 5G-TSN integrated network.

Abstract: Teachings of the present disclosure include software security flaw prediction methods. An example method includes: scanning a segment of software source code to obtain a quantity of each error-prone mode present; determining a probability of violating each secure programming rule, based on the number of occurrences of each mode; predicting a probability of each security flaw based on the probability of the software source code violating each secure programming rule; acquiring each item of alert information obtained by analysis using a static code scanning tool, wherein an item of alert information indicates that a security flaw might occur in the software source code; and determining a probability of each item of alert information indicating a true security flaw, according to the probability of each security flaw potentially present in the software source code.

Abstract: A power converter includes an apparatus for enclosing a power unit, which is at least partially inside and/or on a heat sink, and for centering a control unit with respect to the power unit. The power unit includes a semiconductor component and a substrate. The apparatus includes a frame designed to at least partially, preferably completely, surround the substrate, two protruding pieces of a first type designed to engage in a recess or an opening in a heat sink, a protruding piece of a second type designed to engage in a recess or an opening in a control unit, and a fixing element, with at least one of the two protruding pieces of a first type and the fixing element being connected to one another and designed to project in opposite directions. The control unit includes an electronic component and is connected to the power module by the fixing element.

Abstract: An autonomous system can include a depth camera configured to capture a depth image of a bin that contains a plurality of objects from a first direction, so as to define a captured image. Based on the bottom end of the bin and the captured image, the system can generate a cropped region that defines a plane along a second direction and a third direction that are both substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Based on the captured image, the system can make a determination as to whether at least one object of the plurality of objects lies outside the cropped region. Based on the determination, the system can select a final region of interest for determining grasp points on the plurality of objects.