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Industrial automation · manufacturing · OT — updated 2026-09-23

PROFIBUS

Established PI fieldbus family for factory and process devices.

PROFIBUS is a family of digital fieldbus protocols from PI, including DP for factory automation and PA for process instruments. It provides cyclic data, diagnostics, and device profiles over established physical layers.

See also: PROFINET · Fieldbus · Functional safety

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