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Creative Solutions for Customer Specific Applications

“This product is NOT compatible with your application.” These are the dreaded words that no customer is glad to hear. Not only were you looking forward to using the device, but now after built anticipation and empty hopes, you are told it will not work. At Grid Connect we try to avoid this statement at all costs. Our technical sales advisory, expert technical support, and vast product versatility give us the tools to make our Bluetooth products work for you.

The Future of Industrial Networking

What is an industrial network driven on? What will prepare a network for the future? Microprocessors are the “Heart of the Network,” according to Jim Montague, executive editor at Putman Media. “Heart of the Network,” featuring our own Mike Justice, is the featured publication in the fourth quarter 2011 edition of Industrial Networking.

Grid Connect is PROFINET!

Grid Connect is committed to PROFINET and we provide an expanding selection of PROFINET products and services. Our engineering staff have deep expertise and knowledge in all things PROFINET and are able to help deliver leading edge solutions.

Industrial or Consumer Networking Devices: 10 Factors to Consider

1. Protection against solid foreign objects What solid foreign objects are a part of your operational atmosphere? Will your device need to be dust tight, protected against wires, or not protected at all? If maintenance is not an option due to distance or inaccessibility, then you might need to consider what objects can find their way into your devices enclosure.

Announcing the gridARM System on a Chip

Today we are announcing the gridARMtm, System on a Chip, with integrated Gigabit Ethernet. The gridARM is targeted at the low cost embedded marketplace where cost and performance are important. The cost for quantity 100 pieces is $10 each.

Routers and Switches and Hubs…Oh My!

Hubs, switches, and routers are all the same in the sense of connecting network devices with each other at one of three speeds. Most devices are capable of both 10Mbs and 100Mbs and will automatically detect the speed. If the device is only capable with one speed then it will only be able to communicate with switches that also support that speed. Gigabit devices (1Gbs) are starting to slowly become more common as well. Gigabit switches, e.g. our GC-EKI-2728-BE, can be used with these devices to utilize that faster speed.

IP in your hand… Really!!

The world’s tiniest device server, the NET232jr, was originally nicknamed by its first customer as “IP In Your Hand”. This clever turn of phrase gave us a few chuckles, but it does point out the amazingly small size of the NET232jr. The NET232 “junior” enables serial devices with IP technology in the smallest package available in the world (as far as we know!).

Ever Wanted to be a Fly on the Wall?

Small business owners, businesses with multiple retail locations/branches, and even individuals with an elderly parent living alone, can all benefit from our remote audio surveillance technology over IP!

Surprising PROFINET Market Share Numbers!

The first major announcement was that the PTO is changing its name to PROFIBUS & PROFINET International North America (PI). They also announced a new website for PROFINET information and application examples. You can visit the new site today at allthingsprofinet.com.

900 Mhz: The Wireless Workhorse

900 Mhz: The Wireless Workhorse

All wireless technologies and frequencies are not created equal.  Most of us have been programmed that bigger is always better, so when it comes to looking at wireless radios you think, why wouldn’t 2.4 or 5.8 GHz be better then 900 MHz.  This isn’t always the case with wireless spectrums.

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