Abstract: An IO signal handling arrangement includes an adapter having a first set of connection terminals connected to a first set of connection terminals of a first base plate, a second set of connection terminals connected to a second set of connection terminals of the base plate, a third set of connection terminals connected to a first set of connection terminals of a first IO module, a fourth set of connection terminals connected to a second set of connection terminals of the first IO module, a first set of conductors between the first and third sets of connection terminals and a second set of conductors drawn between the second and fourth sets of connection, where the first set of conductors are adapted to carry field device signals and the second set of conductors are adapted to carry IO bus signals.

Abstract: An electrical module, a backplane for the electrical module, and a method of replacing a fuse for the electrical module. The electrical module includes a circuit board which has a power input port for inputting electric power to electrically drive an external device coupled to the electrical module. The electrical module also includes a fuse holder electrically coupled to the power input port and adapted to receive a fuse. A fuse detecting circuit is arranged on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the fuse via the fuse holder to detect a status of the fuse. An output port is arranged on the circuit board and coupled to the fuse detecting circuit to at least output detecting signals about the status of the fuse to a controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an I/O station, connected with a plurality of network devices in an automation system. The I/O station includes a plurality of I/O modules, each I/O module providing one or more I/O channels, each I/O channel connecting a respective field device. The I/O station also includes an I/O network interface for forwarding data between the I/O modules and the network devices via a network. The I/O station also includes a data storage storing a set of diagnostics data, the set including a plurality of entries of diagnostics data, each entry relating to performance of the automation system. The I/O station is operative to, in response to a request from anyone of the network devices, send the stored set of diagnostics data to the requesting network device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide industrial control apparatus and monitoring methods for industrial control apparatus. The industrial control apparatus comprises: at least one input or output module, each input or output module comprising a fuse adapted to be coupled between a power supply and a user load, and a detection assembly coupled to the fuse and configured to send a detection signal after monitoring that the fuse is blown; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the detection assembly of each input or output module and configured to output information that the input or output module associated with the detection signal is blown. By the aspects of the present disclosure, it is advantageous for an operator to timely obtain information that the fuse is blown and to improve the efficiency of locating and replacing the fuse.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an I/O station for signalling between a network and a plurality of field devices in an automation system. The I/O station comprises an I/O network interface, and a plurality of I/O modules, each providing one or more I/O channels connecting respective one or more field device(s) of the plurality of field devices, whereby each of the field devices is communicatively connected to the network via the I/O module and the network interface. At least one of the I/O modules is an APL I/O module connecting APL field device(s) of the plurality of field devices, and at least one of the I/O modules is a non-APL I/O module connecting non-APL field device(s) of the plurality of field devices. The I/O station is configured for tunnelling data between at least one of the I/O modules and the network.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an I/O station, connected with a plurality of network devices in an automation system. The station comprises a plurality of I/O modules, each I/O module providing one or more I/O channels connecting respective one or more field device(s). The station also comprises an I/O network interface for forwarding data between the modules and the network devices via a network. Each of the channels connecting a respective field device is communicatively connected to at least one of the network devices via the network. The station further comprises a non-volatile storage storing configuration data for the station.

Abstract: An I/O module arrangement for a process control system having a first base plate for at least one I/O module, the first base plate including a first socket for a first I/O module and a first set of connection terminals for connection of the first I/O module to a first set of wires leading to a first group of field devices of the process control system, the first base plate being adapted to allow the first and any other I/O module that is attached to it to be any type of I/O module operating on input and output of any type of field device.

Abstract: A terminal block unit for an input/output device of a modular process control system includes two slot elements configured to receive two redundant signal conditioning units. The terminal block unit is configured to be housed in a pair of two adjacent slot elements of a module termination unit of an input/output device. The terminal block unit provides a parallel connection of the redundant signal conditioning units to a field device.

Abstract: An electrical module, a backplane for the electrical module, and a method of replacing a fuse for the electrical module. The electrical module includes a circuit board which has a power input port for inputting electric power to electrically drive an external device coupled to the electrical module. The electrical module also includes a fuse holder electrically coupled to the power input port and adapted to receive a fuse. A fuse detecting circuit is arranged on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the fuse via the fuse holder to detect a status of the fuse. An output port is arranged on the circuit board and coupled to the fuse detecting circuit to at least output detecting signals about the status of the fuse to a controller.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide industrial control apparatus and monitoring methods for industrial control apparatus. The industrial control apparatus comprises: at least one input or output module, each input or output module comprising a fuse adapted to be coupled between a power supply and a user load, and a detection assembly coupled to the fuse and configured to send a detection signal after monitoring that the fuse is blown; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the detection assembly of each input or output module and configured to output information that the input or output module associated with the detection signal is blown. By the aspects of the present disclosure, it is advantageous for an operator to timely obtain information that the fuse is blown and to improve the efficiency of locating and replacing the fuse.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of operating processor to perform neural network processing. The processor comprises a control circuit that is operable to cause an execution unit of the processor to perform tensor arithmetic operations. A program to perform neural network processing includes conditional branching instructions that cause the program execution to branch to a different part of the program when an associated branching condition is satisfied. The control circuit causes the execution unit to perform a set of one or more tensor arithmetic operations to determine a value indicative of whether a branching condition is satisfied, with the value then being communicated to the control circuit such that the control circuit, when processing the conditional branching instruction, triggers the branch (or not). Also disclosed are processors configured in this way and methods of compiling programs including such conditional branching instructions.

Abstract: A sequence of operations to process an initial input data array for the sequence of operations to generate a final output data array of the sequence of operations on a processor operable to execute neural network processing, the sequence are performed for respective blocks of the initial input data array on a block-by-block basis, and when performing an operation in the sequence whose output data is input data for another operation in the sequence, the output data is used as input data for another operation of the sequence is stored in local storage of the processor that is performing the neural network processing, and provided as input data for the another operation in the sequence from the local storage, but for the final operation in the sequence, the final output data array is stored in a main memory of the data processing system.

Abstract: A terminal block unit for an input/output device of a modular process control system includes two slot elements configured to receive two redundant signal conditioning units. The terminal block unit is configured to be housed in a pair of two adjacent slot elements of a module termination unit of an input/output device. The terminal block unit provides a parallel connection of the redundant signal conditioning units to a field device.

Abstract: A producer processing unit of a data processing system that is producing a stream of data for use by one or more consumer processing units of the data processing system maintains a record that is accessible to the consumer processing units of a position in the data stream for which it has written data to memory. The consumer processing units then control their reading of the data stream from the memory in accordance with the write position record maintained by the producer processing unit.

Abstract: A producer processing unit of a data processing system that is producing a stream of data for use by one or more consumer processing units of the data processing system maintains a record that is accessible to the consumer processing units of a position in the data stream for which it has written data to memory. The consumer processing units then control their reading of the data stream from the memory in accordance with the write position record maintained by the producer processing unit.

Abstract: A field communication interface, FCI, for interfacing field equipment with a network of an industrial control system, has a network interface that is configurable to participate in the network using a network address; a location determining unit configured to determine a location identifier that uniquely identifies the physical location of the FCI within the industrial control system and/or within the network; and an address determining unit configured to determine a network address that is valid in the network from the location identifier.