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A PTO White Paper Profibus PA and Foundation Fieldbus-a cost comparison

-- Control Engineering Resource Center, 1/28/2008

There have been many comparisions between Foundation Fieldbus (FF) and PROFIBUS for use on field instruments in the process industries. If you put the two protocols side by side you will see that either will do the job and provide the much published cost saving.

A PTO White Paper Profibus PA and Foundation Fieldbus-a cost comparison (4 page pdf)

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