Abstract: A system and a method for industrial communication, employing an adaptive repeater supporting communication between at least two communicating devices using one of two or more predetermined communication protocols at a time instant, are provided. The adaptive repeater includes a communication direction module and a protocol adapter module operably coupled to one another. The communication direction module detects a direction of communication between the communicating devices using physical layer parameters of the communication protocols, and establishes communication there-between, using a sampling clock. The protocol adapter module adapts the communication direction module to the communication protocol in use, by generating the sampling clock.

Abstract: A system and a method for industrial communication, employing an adaptive repeater supporting communication between at least two communicating devices using one of two or more predetermined communication protocols at a time instant, are provided. The adaptive repeater includes a communication direction module and a protocol adapter module operably coupled to one another. The communication direction module detects a direction of communication between the communicating devices using physical layer parameters of the communication protocols, and establishes communication there-between, using a sampling clock. The protocol adapter module adapts the communication direction module to the communication protocol in use, by generating the sampling clock.

Abstract: A method in which the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the pencil ignition system is detected capacitively and analyzed to yield an ignition voltage signal. Preferably, it is the radiation emitted by an ignition coil in the pencil ignition system that is detected capacitively and analyzed. The radiation is especially advantageously detected radially around the ignition coil. This permits detection of a measurement signal having a high amplitude and high quality. An associated pencil ignition system has a pencil-shaped arrangement of a spark plug (1) mounted on a neck piece (3) with an integrated ignition coil (23), and a measurement arrangement for an ignition voltage signal having a pickup (31) which at least partially surrounds the ignition coil (23) and is made of an electrically conducting material.