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Profibus
Profibus (usually styled as PROFIBUS, as a portmanteau for Pro cess Fi eld Bus ) is a standard for fieldbus communication in automation technology and was first promoted in 1989 by BMBF (German department of education and research) and then used by Siemens. It should not be confused with the Profinet standard for Industrial Ethernet. Profibus is openly published as type 3 of IEC 61158/61784-1.
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Profibus (usually styled as PROFIBUS, as a portmanteau for Pro cess Fi eld Bus ) is a standard for fieldbus communication in automation technology and was first promoted in 1989 by BMBF (German department of education and research) and then used by Siemens. It should not be confused with the Profinet standard for Industrial Ethernet. Profibus is openly published as type 3 of IEC 61158/61784-1.
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