JAVA technology heads for the factory floor

JAVA technology heads for the factory floor

Keyords: JAVA, Automation

An international specification for real-time data access (RTDA) is helping JavaTM technology to elbow its way onto the factory floor, J Consortium, Inc.,has announced.

An open forum committed to advancing Java technologies in real-time embedded systems, the J Consortium published RTDA to introduce Java into assembly-line manufacturing. The specification focuses on how to access data from such assembly-line equipment as actuators and sensors under tough time constraints. RTDA closes the gap between Java technology and real-time performance, allowing the use of Java technology at the lowest level of factory automation while preserving Java's essential nature of complete device independence.

For further information: http:/wwwj-consortium.org