Hermes protocol

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Hermes is a machine-to-machine communication standard used in the SMT assembly industry. [1]

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IPC-HERMES-9852

It is a successor to the SMEMA standard, introducing improvements such as: simpler physical wiring (Ethernet), use of popular data transmission formats (TCP/IP and XML), reduced number of barcode scanners (required only once at the beginning of the line), transmission of board data (such as barcodes & dimensions) to downstream machines. [2]

By the end of 2018 IPC has confirmed to recognize The Hermes Standard to be the successor to “the SMEMA Standard” IPC-SMEMA-9851, which has been the only globally accepted and broadly established standard for machine to machine communication in SMT with regards to PCB handover. Accordingly, The Hermes Standard was assigned an IPC naming code: It can now officially be referred to as IPC-HERMES-9852. [3]

The actual version, IPC-HERMES-9852, version 1.5 [4] version 1.2 [5] provides an electrical SMEMA interface replacement and extends the interface to communicate such things as unique identifiers for handled printed boards, equipment identifiers of the first machine noticing a printed board, barcodes, conveyor speed and specific information about the product type.

Industry acceptance

The initiative was started by two companies: ASM and ASYS; by April 2017, 17 companies had joined. [6] On November 14, 2017, Hermes received a Global SMT&Packaging Award in the category “Software Process Control” at Productronica in Munich, Germany. [7] As of November 2021, 62 companies are members of the initiative.

4IR.UK British Systems6TL EngineeringAchat Engineering GmbHallSMTASM Assembly Systems GmbHAsscon
ASYS Automatisierungssysteme GmbHBESIBright MachinesBTUCKD
CTI SystemsCTSCYBEROPTICSDigitaltestECDEssemtec
EUNILEunil Co., Ltd.ExelsiusFamecsFlexLink
GKGGÖPEL electronic GmbHHanwhaHeller IndustriesInnomeltIPTE
IBL-Löttechnik GmbHITW EAEJAPAN UNIX Co. Ltd.JOT Automation Kft.Keysight Technologies
KICKOH YOUNG Technology Inc.kolb Cleaning Technology GmbHKulicke & SoffaKurtzersa
Magic Ray TechnologyMIRTECMYCRONICNordson ASYMTEK & MATRIXNutek Europe B.V.
OMRON CorporationOSAIPARMIPemtronRehm Thermal Systems GmbH
RejointRG ElektrotechnologieSEICA SpA & SEICA AutomationSAKI CorpScheid IT
SEHO SystemsSICK AGSMT-WertheimSolderStarSonic Technology
SPEA S.p.A.SYNEOTest Research, Inc. (TRI)TakayaUniversal InstrumentsVISCOM AG
ViTroxYJ Link Co., Ltd.YXLON

Specification

Note: The release schedule of the standard is now determined by the IPC Task Group [8] (open to all) whose meetings occur after the Initiative meetings (open to machine builders).

The specification is freely available for download from the Hermes Standard Initiative website. [4] At the same time, the standard is available in the IPC Online Shop. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Hermes Standard".
  2. ↑ ""The Hermes Standard will replace SMEMA" | Smart SMT Factory Forum". 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "IPC standardization overview". IPC Status of Standardization.
  4. 1 2 "Download | the Hermes Standard". The Hermes Standard. 28 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "IPC-HERMES-9852: The Global Standard for Machine-to-Machine Communication in SMT Assembly". IPC. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  6. ↑ "Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - 'Hermes' Communication Protocol to Replace SMEMA Standard".
  7. ↑ "2017 Global Technology Awards Winners".
  8. ↑ "Join the 2-17B IPC-HERMES-9852 Standard Task Group".


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