Abstract: A metallic pressure measuring cell having a base body, a metallic membrane situated and a pressure sensor situated in a sensor chamber of the base body, wherein the pressure on the membrane is transmitted to the pressure sensor by a connecting channel formed between a membrane chamber and a sensor chamber, wherein the chambers and connecting channel are filled with a pressure transmitting medium.

Abstract: A dual sensor is provided having a first circuit configured for autonomous operation of the sensor and a second circuit configured for non-autonomous operation of the sensor. The dual sensor can be supplied with energy from an external power supply. The first circuit and second circuit can vary in clock frequency, measurement accuracy, and power consumption.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a quantization accuracy of a fill level radar for detecting a fill level of a container is provided, the method including the steps of: acquiring amplitude values of an echo curve of the fill level radar by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); determining a first amplitude value of a first echo having a highest amplitude or a highest local amplitude maximum of the echo curve; determining a second amplitude value of a second echo having a lowest local amplitude maximum of the echo curve; setting an adjusted quantization accuracy as a function of a quotient of the first amplitude value and the second amplitude value; and determining the fill level of the container with the adjusted quantization accuracy. A field device including a fill level radar and/or an ultrasonic measuring device configured to perform the method is also provided.

Abstract: Described is a process measurement device having an interface for connecting a plug-in memory, in which a processing measurement device includes a memory operating device that can switch the process measurement device into a memory access mode when the memory is connected to the process measurement device. Also described is a power supply that ensures that the energy demand required for read access or write access to the process measurement device is automatically covered after the connection of the memory by increasing the amount of electrical energy that is freely available in the process measurement device. Undesired undersupply of the process measurement device can thereby be effectively avoided.

Abstract: A radar module for level and/or limit level monitoring in plant automation, comprising a radar signal source that generates and transmit a radar signal, the radar signal source having a surface facing a filling material, a radar signal conductor that receives, conducts and emits the radar signal, the radar signal conductor being mounted on the surface of the radar signal source, and a potting compound that at least partially covers the surface of the radar signal source and at least partially covers the radar signal conductor.

Abstract: A fill level measuring device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a radar module configured to emit a transmission signal and to receive a received signal reflected on the medium, a controller configured to detect, based on the received signal, a measurement signal correlating with the fill level, and including a detector configured to detect a movement signal indicating a movement of the fill level measuring device and/or a position signal indicating a geographic position of the fill level measuring device. The controller includes activation circuitry configured to at least partially activate and/or deactivate the radar module depending on the movement signal and/or on the position signal detected by the detector.

Abstract: A field device housing with electronics disposed in the field device housing and a monitoring device, characterized by electronics which electrically check the monitoring device and by the monitoring device, which displays a state of the field device housing.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement for a sensor for plant automation, including for fill level or limit level monitoring, is provided including a primary radiator configured to emit a radar signal, a first lens configured to focus the radar signal, and at least one second lens configured to optimize the focused radar signal, the second lens being disposed at a distance from the first lens and the primary radiator, providing thermal, electrical, or medial decoupling of the primary radiator and the first lens from the second lens.

Abstract: An assembly arrangement for connecting a membrane of a vibration sensor with a drive unit such that vibrations of the drive unit are transmitted to the membrane and vibrations of the membrane are transferred to the drive unit, wherein the assembly arrangement is formed as a cylindrical sleeve, having on one end a fastening section for indirectly or directly fastening to the membrane or an element connected with the membrane, and an insertion opening for the drive unit on the other end.

Abstract: A measuring device, configured to detect a process variable in a container, is provided, the measuring device including: electronic circuitry with a housing and a sealing abutting the housing, the measuring device being further configured to be arranged in a container opening, and when the measuring device is arranged in the container opening: the sealing is configured to seal the container opening, and the electronic circuitry is arranged below a geometric plane of the sealing. A container including a container opening and the measuring device is also provided.

Abstract: A control device for parameterizing a sensor of a measuring system that determines, at least via a virtual twin of the measuring system, a target position of the sensor in a site. Furthermore, the control device transmits the determined target position to the measuring system and/or to a user. The control device furthermore parameterizes the sensor in the measuring site.

Abstract: A sensor device for transmitting a sensor parameterization between sensors. The sensor device includes a first sensor with a sensor parameterization and a second sensor. The first sensor and the second sensor communicate with each other via a communication link. The first sensor sends the sensor parameterization to the second sensor via the communication link. The second sensor receives and accepts the sensor parameterization. The second sensor further provides the first sensor with the energy required to transmit the sensor parameterization via the communication link.

Abstract: A self-sufficient measuring device, for level, limit level or pressure measurement of a process vessel over a longer period of time, which has sensor and evaluation circuitry configured to determine a first measured value and/or a first diagnostic value, and a display device, which has switching circuitry and is configured to display the first measured value and/or the first diagnostic value of the sensor and evaluation circuitry. The switching circuitry is arranged to locally activate the display of the first measured value and/or the first diagnostic value on the display device.

Abstract: A radar module for process automation including process measurement technology and the automation industry is provided, the radar module including: a radar signal source configured to generate and to transmit, and/or to receive, a radar signal; and a dielectric radar signal guide configured to receive the radar signal and then to transmit the radar signal to an antenna, a waveguide, and/or a dielectric lens, the dielectric radar signal guide being arranged at a predetermined distance from the radar signal source, forming an intermediate space, and an end face of the dielectric radar signal guide facing the radar signal source at least partially has a metallic layer.

Abstract: A measuring device is provided for determining a filling level, a limit level, a pressure, or a flow rate of a material to be measured, including: a main body configured to be disposed above the material to be measured; a measuring body configured to be disposed below the main body, the measuring body including a sensor element configured to detect a measurement signal, and a position sensor configured to detect a position of the measuring body, the main body and the measuring body being formed separately from one another and being coupled to one another; and an evaluation device configured to evaluate the measurement signal detected by the sensor element and/or to evaluate the position of the measuring body.

Abstract: A display device for displaying data in a process automation Ethernet network having a specified physical layer and one or more different higher layer network protocols, the display device being arranged to detect one or more subscriber devices of the network and to display measured values of the one or more subscriber devices.

Abstract: A radar antenna for a fill level measurement device is provided that includes at least one carrier plate and at least two antenna elements that are arranged on the carrier plate and are configured to transmit and/or to receive a radar signal, wherein each of the antenna elements includes a waveguide configured to direct the radar signal, wherein an interior volume of each waveguide is at least partially filled with a dielectric, the antenna elements being arranged at a distance from one another that is less than or equal to a wavelength of the radar signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to various means for implementing a method for compensating measured values in capacitive pressure measuring cells using a measuring capacity and at least one reference capacity, comprising the following steps: determination of a pressure-induced capacitance change of the reference capacitance as a function of a pressure-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, determination of a thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the reference capacitance as a function of a thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, measurement of the measuring capacitance and of the at least one reference capacitance, determination of the thermal shock-induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance from a combination of the above dependencies, compensation of the measured measuring capacitance by the thermal shock induced capacitance change of the measuring capacitance, and determination and output of the pressure-induced capacitance change or a quantity

Abstract: A method for locating a field device having a wireless interface is provided, the method including the following steps: transmitting, from the field device, identification information including distance information and direction information; receiving, by an operator device, the identification information; and displaying, by the operator device, based on the identification information, a distance, and a direction of the field device with respect to the operator device.

Abstract: A field device having a metal housing, a connection line guided through a cable bushing and a radio module having an antenna, wherein the antenna extends, at least in sections, outside of the housing parallel to the connection line and in the cable bushing.