Much like a street address, a URL uniquely identifies every Web page. The "http" portion of the URL, which stands for "hypertext transfer protocol," provides the base for communication between your ...

Have you ever wondered why AI systems, despite their incredible capabilities, often struggle to work together seamlessly? As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, the lack of standardized ...

Turning back the calendar to the 1980s, our industry was struggling with the need for one or more open standard protocols to support cost-effective building integration needs. Many control companies ...

Electronic control of lighting is one of the more significant ways that we can reduce global energy consumption. In the U.S., commercial and residential lighting applications consume 22% of the total ...

Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

A fascinating article from Philip N. Howard at George Washington University asserts that the number of connected devices surpassed the number of people on the planet in 2014 (Fig. 1). The author ...

In some cases, applications can be based upon industry-accepted standards, as shown in Figure 10-27. For example, for devices that need to be able to connect to other devices to transfer data or to ...