There are more electronic units of control in the systems used in diverse areas of the engineering (industrial control, automotion, domotic, aircrafts, ships, etc.). These units must be connected between them of an efficient way and in real time to transmit all the necessary information. The use of industrial communications networks has had a very big peak in the last years and the knowledge of the different fieldbus protocols existing in the market is of big interest for the engineering. This subject intends that the student know the different protocols of communications that exist in various areas of application and acquires the capacity to choose the most adapted solution for a determinate problem. In accordance with the exposed, will treat the following contents:
* Introduction to industrial communications systems
* Introduction to fieldbuses
* Standards
* General Characteristics
* Applications
* Study of the most used protocols
* Tools of design and analysis
