Abstract: A contact insert for a conductor connection terminal, including spring force clamping technology, wherein the contact insert has a clamping spring and a manual actuation element, wherein the clamping spring has a clamping arm which is designed to clamp an electrical conductor to a clamping point, wherein the clamping point can be opened by means of the manual actuation element. The invention additionally relates to a conductor connection terminal comprising an insulating-material housing and at least one such contact insert which is arranged completely or partially in the insulating-material housing.

Abstract: A contact insert for clamping an electric conductor to a clamping point by a clamping spring. The contact insert has a contact frame having at least one contact base and a respective lateral wall arranged at an angle to the contact base, wherein the lateral walls run substantially parallel to each other, and a receiving area is formed between the lateral walls. The clamping spring is arranged in the receiving area. The clamping spring has a contact arm, a spring bend, which adjoins the contact arm, and a clamping arm, which adjoins the spring bend. The contact arm is secured to one or both lateral walls or to at least one securing wall, which adjoins one or both lateral walls. The clamping arm is pretensioned relative to the contact base. The clamping point for the electric conductor to be clamped is formed between the clamping arm and the contact base.

Abstract: A conductor connection terminal having at least one first spring-loaded clamping connection with a first operating lever for opening and closing a first clamping point formed between a first clamping leg and a first busbar section and at least one second spring-loaded clamping connection with a second operating lever for opening and closing a second first clamping point formed between a second clamping leg and a second busbar section and wherein the at least first spring-loaded clamping connection and the at least second spring-loaded clamping connection are arranged directly side by side in a direction of arrangement in a housing in the direction transverse to a conductor insertion direction. At least two operating levers arranged directly side by side in the direction of arrangement are designed differently.

Abstract: A spring terminal for connection of an electrical conductor including a bus bar, a clamping spring; a housing; and a lever. The bus bar and the clamping spring and the lever are accommodated at least partially in the housing. The lever has a first support disk with a first partially circular outer contour for supporting the lever in a first bearing shell. The lever has a second support disk with a second partially circular outer contour for supporting the lever in a second bearing shell. The second support disk is spaced apart from the first support disk. The lever has an operating handle that is connected to the first support disk and to the second support disk. The clamping spring has a clamping leg that forms a clamping point with the bus bar for clamping the electrical conductor to the bus bar.

Abstract: A module for a technical facility including a technical hardware for the execution of a technical sub-process, a control for a local control of the technical hardware, in which the control is adapted to control the technical hardware autarkical, and an external interface of the control, wherein the external interface comprises an administration shell, wherein the administration shell publishes at least one service relating to an output product of the module via a network, and wherein the external interface is adapted to request at least one service relating to an input product of the module via the network. Furthermore, a corresponding system for the execution of a process by means of a technical facility as well as a corresponding method for the execution of a technical process by means of a technical facility is claimed.

Abstract: A module for a technical facility includes a technical hardware for executing a technical sub-process, a controller for locally controlling the technical hardware wherein the controller is configured to control the technical hardware autonomously and an external interface of the controller, wherein the external interface comprises an OPC-UA server. The OPC-UA server has a fixedly predetermined information structure having static information and dynamic information wherein the static information describes the technical hardware and the controller, and the controller writes the dynamic information as real-time values of the technical hardware into the information structure.

Abstract: A clamping spring of a conductor connection terminal for connecting an electrical conductor by means of spring-loaded clamping, wherein the clamping spring has a support leg to fix the clamping spring in the conductor connection terminal, a spring bend adjoining the support leg, and a clamping leg adjoining the spring bend, wherein the clamping leg is arranged to clamp the electrical conductor by means of its free end, wherein the clamping leg has at least one corrugation stamped into the material of the clamping leg. A conductor connection terminal with such a clamping spring is also provided.

Abstract: A conductor terminal for clamping an electrical conductor having an insulating material housing and a contact element. The contact element includes a sheet metal part with at least one clamping spring arranged therein. The insulating material housing has at least one insertion guide channel leading towards a respective clamping spring. An opening is provided in the sheet metal part for receiving an electric conductor introduced into an associated insertion guide channel. The insulating material housing has a channel side wall that defines the insertion guide channel and extends into the opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for the buffered transmission of data and a corresponding method are shown. The apparatus has a central processing unit, multiple first buffers, one or multiple second buffers and a controller configured to ascertain, in response to a first signal, which initiates a transmission of first data from the first buffers to the second buffers based on descriptor list entries, to block the ascertained first buffer for external access, to store an address of the ascertained first buffer in a parameter memory of the controller, to copy the first data from the ascertained first buffer to the second buffer, and to mark the first data as valid or invalid after the copying thereof.

Abstract: A circuit for an I/O module, the circuit having a communication unit for receiving process data, which is connectable to a bus for communication purposes, a microcontroller which is connected to the communication unit, a load, a digital/analog converter, which includes a current output driver for outputting an output current to the load, and a first DC/DC converter. The microcontroller is connected to the digital/analog converter via a digital interface and is configured to set the output current of the digital/analog converter via the digital interface based on the received process data. The microcontroller is configured to output a control signal to a first DC/DC converter via the control interface for setting the first supply voltage based on the output current and the digital voltage value.

Abstract: A conductor terminal for connecting an electrical conductor by means of spring force clamping, the conductor terminal being configured for mounting on a busbar, the terminal conductor including at least one spring force clamping connection having a clamping spring for clamping the electrical conductor, a housing, which at least partially surrounds the spring force clamping connection and has a conductor insertion opening and a pivotably supported actuation lever, which is configured to actuate at least one part of the clamping spring, a receiving space for receiving at least one section of the busbar onto which the conductor terminal may be mounted, being present in the housing.

Abstract: A circuit is provided that has three clock sources, a first processing unit connected to the first clock source, a second processing unit connected to the second clock source, and an input unit. The first processing unit has a first logic circuit and a first memory circuit connected to the first logic circuit, wherein a first set of instructions, which is designed to implement a first control program when executed by the first logic circuit, is stored in the first memory circuit, wherein the first clock source specifies a clock timing of the execution of the first set of instructions. The second processing unit has a second logic circuit and a second memory circuit connected to the second logic circuit, wherein a second set of instructions, which is designed to implement a second control program when executed by the second logic circuit, is stored in the second memory circuit.

Abstract: A subscriber of a wired data network, in particular of a local bus system, having internal clock generator for generating a clock generator signal having a clock generator frequency for the subscriber, a receive circuit for receiving a serial receive data stream, a processing circuit for inputting parallel receive data and for outputting parallel transmit data, and a transmit circuit for transmitting a serial transmit data stream. The receive circuit has a serial-to-parallel converter for converting serial receive data of the serial receive data stream into the parallel receive data. The receive circuit has a synchronization unit for synchronizing the internal clock generator to the data clock frequency contained in the serial receive data stream. The synchronization unit is configured for detecting transitions in the received serial receive data stream and for controlling the clock generator frequency of the internal clock generator as a function of the detected transitions.

Abstract: A method and a device for generating a data packet to be transmitted comprising data and at least one value for a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value, are described, wherein the CRC value is generated using at least one previously determined polynomial on the basis of at least some of the data and the method comprises initializing a counter value, counting units of data, wherein the counter value changes for each unit of data, and adding a CRC value into the data packet, when the counter value reaches a reference value or all units of data in the data packet have already been counted, wherein the CRC value is generated over the units of data which have been counted since the counter value last reached the reference value or since the counter value was initialized. Furthermore, a method and a device for checking a corresponding received data packet are described.

Abstract: An apparatus with a data input, a data output, a first buffer, a second buffer, and control logic is disclosed. The control logic is equipped to route data packets that are received through the data input to the first buffer or the second buffer and to flag them as valid or invalid, and to provide data packets that are to be output through the data output from the first buffer or the second buffer, equipped to provide a data packet that is to be output through the data output from the first buffer when the data packet is being written into the first buffer at the time of a start of the readout, to provide it from the second buffer when the data packet is being written into the second buffer at the time of a start of the readout.

Abstract: A circuit with a first buffer, a second buffer, a third buffer, a fourth buffer, a first data input for first data, a second data input for second data, a data output, and control logic is disclosed. The control logic connects the first data input to one of the buffers, connects the second data input to one of the buffers, and connects the data output to one of the buffers, swap the buffer currently connected to the first data input for a non-connected buffer when first data have been validly written through the first data input into the buffer currently connected to the first data input, swap the buffer currently connected to the second data input for the non-connected buffer when second data have been validly written through the second data input into the buffer currently connected to the second data input.

Abstract: A conductor connection terminal having an insulating material housing is described, wherein the insulating material housing has a conductor insertion opening having a conductor insertion channel attached to the conductor insertion opening and has a contact pin insertion opening having a contact pin insertion channel attached to the contact pin insertion opening, having a busbar, wherein the busbar has a first contact portion and a second contact portion, having a clamping spring, wherein the clamping spring has a first clamping limb having a first clamping edge oriented towards the first contact portion of the busbar, a first spring bow, a bearing limb, a second spring bow and a second clamping limb.

Abstract: A plug-and-socket connector for an electrical plug-and-socket connection that has the plug-and-socket connector and a mating connector associated with the plug-and-socket connector as a mating part to which the plug-and-socket connector can be attached in a plug-in direction, wherein the plug-and-socket connector has a housing and multiple electrical plug-in contacts that are arranged at least partially in the housing and that are arranged side by side in a row direction, wherein a first housing wall of the housing, which is arranged parallel to a plane spanned by the plug-in direction and the row direction, adjoins a second housing wall of the housing, which faces in the plug-in direction and is arranged at an angle to the first housing wall.

Abstract: A ground conductor monitoring device, having: at least one ground conductor connection which is designed to connect a ground conductor potential, at least one first potential connection which is designed to connect a first electrical potential which differs from the ground conductor potential, at least one second potential connection which is designed to connect a second electrical potential which differs from the first potential and the ground conductor potential, at least one electrical switching device which is designed to establish an electrical connection, optionally in accordance with an electrical control signal, between the first potential connection and the ground conductor connection (connection state) or to interrupt same (interruption state), at least one control unit which is designed to automatically output control signals to the electrical switching device.

Abstract: A switching circuit for checking an analog input circuit of an A/D converter is shown. The switching circuit comprises the analog circuit and a comparator circuit. The analog input circuit is configured to generate a first derived signal S1 and a second derived signal S2 from an analog input signal SE of the analog input circuit. The first derived signal S1 and the second derived signal S2 are input signals for the comparator circuit, but only the first derived signal S1 is an input signal for the A/D converter. The comparator circuit is configured to check whether a deviation of the derived signals S1, S2 from each other lies within a tolerance range TOL and to output an output signal SA depending on the check, which may be further evaluated.