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Subject: | PROFIBUS vs. CAN |
From: | [email protected] |
To: | [email protected] |
Date: | Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:34:17 -0500 (EST) |
>> >> >> We have been looking at fieldbus's to replace the BITBUS for >> new projects at Bates. Both PROFIBUS and CAN look promising. >> Can someone comment on the advantages or disadvantages of PROFIBUS >> verses CAN? >> > > >Just curious. Why are you dumping bitbus? We may be using it for >piping reset signals around our hall. Intel has stopped producing the 8044 microprocessor which is the BITBUS microcontroller we have been using. The 8044 is an 8051 with Intels IDCX-51 "real time" Kernal built in. I have also heard that BITBUS support in Europe has been fading for several years. Coles