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To mark 20 years of EtherCAT, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is publishing node figures for the first time: The Group counts a total of 59.1 million nodes. Growth has been exponential since 2014 and 18.4 million were added in 2022 alone.
read more...The market for industrial networks is expected to grow by 8% in 2022. Industrial Ethernet continues to show the strongest growth and now accounts for 66% of all newly installed nodes (65% in the previous year).
read more...TSN only covers the lower OSI layers. There are various protocol approaches for the upper layers. Due to the deterministic requirements, these also have an impact on TSN itself - unlike in the past.
read more...At the end of last year, Beckhoff presented 'Ethercat G' as an extension of Ethercat. The gigabit solution has now been officially incorporated into the ETG. ETG Director Martin Rostan comments on the role of 'Ethercat G' - especially with regard to Ethernet TSN.
read more...Industrial Ethernet and wireless networks continue to grow rapidly, while fieldbuses declined for the first time in 2019. This is the conclusion reached by HMS Industrial Networks in its annual evaluation of the network market.
read more...The Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has published a manufacturer-independent interface for diagnostic data and has also elected a new board of directors
read more...At SPS IPC Drives 2017, the Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) presented its approach on how Ethercat will use TSN technologies. Now the switch manufacturers Moxa, Hirschmann, Hilscher and Xilinx have expressed their support for this approach.
read more...The Ethercat Technology Group (ETG) has announced the addition of TSN technologies to Ethercat. This is intended to expand the application possibilities of Ethercat in heterogeneous network environments.
read more...From drive-based safety technology, Lenze is now also expanding its focus in the area of safety to machines with central control technology. Michael Niehaus, Technology Manager Functional Safety at Lenze, explains what this means in concrete terms.
read more...At SPS IPC Drives 2015 in Nuremberg, Beckhoff presented 'Ethercat P', the transmission of data and power via a single cable. The ETG has now also specified the technology.
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