Choosing the Right Surge Protection for Industrial Automation Equipment

In this whitepaper we highlight the need to employ circuit protection devices within equipment used in the industrial automation environment.

With an emphasis more on the aspects of ESD rather than EMC/EMI, we highlight the possible causes of surges and the different types of protection devices available to incorporate in control systems and their associated network interfaces (CAN, Ethernet etc.). In highlighting the different types of circuit protection available, a small selection of applications are discussed, along with specific products examples.