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Field buses are special local area networks, dedicated to data acquisition and the control of sensors and actuators. They typically run over low-Ccost twisted pair cable. They differ from many traditional LANs (such as Ethernet) in that they are optimised for the exchange of short point-Cto-Cpoint status and command messages. There are many Fieldbus standards that exist, each developed for a specific purpose.
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Buchanan, W.J. (2004). Fieldbus. In: The Handbook of Data Communications and Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-7870-5_41
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